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Scotland’s wasted wind finds a home. CIP finds €1.2bn
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) made two announcements on 2 October 2026. In Scottish Ayrshire, it committed more than €270 million to a battery designed to hold Scottish…
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Britain’s four largest battery sellers own none of the capacity they trade
Companies outside the asset owner’s group sell power for 68 per cent of Britain’s operating battery capacity, according to analysis by Vitreous Labs. Public registers identify the…
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A Decade-Old Planning Permission Just Became an £80 Million Bet
Carno 3 got the green light to build in 2016. The wind farm that’s actually under construction now looks nothing like the one that was approved. Santander…
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Thirty Minutes to Three: What’s Really Behind the Self-Healing Grid’s Speed Claims
“Self-healing grids restore power up to three times faster than traditional networks” is the kind of line that shows up in almost every smart-grid pitch deck. Dig…
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The Number Behind Bailey’s Warning That Offshore Wind Already Knows
When the Bank of England governor tells a room that Britain faces “very, very substantial challenges,” most people hear a headline about debt and growth. Offshore wind…
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Field Wins Planning Approval for a 400 MW Battery at a Former Coal Power Station Site
Bassetlaw District Council has granted planning permission, described in trade press coverage as “irrevocable,” for a 400 MW battery energy storage system proposed by developer Field at…
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A UK BESS Project Ties Together a Greek Contractor, a Chinese Supplier and a Norwegian Trader
Metlen Energy (the Greek energy group formerly known as Mytilineos) has signed a Balance-of-Plant contract with developer Pulse Clean Energy covering grid connection and construction work on…
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UK grid storage start-up Certain Energy lands £10m as curtailment bill nears £8bn
Britain’s renewable energy boom has a costly side effect: on windy, sunny days when the grid can’t absorb all the power being generated, operators pay wind and…
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Aura Power and Verdant Energy merge to create 11GW UK solar and battery storage platform
Aura Power and Verdant Energy have merged to create one of the UK’s largest privately backed solar and battery storage independent power producers (IPPs), combining around 1GW…
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ENGIE commissions 100 MW of battery storage in Scotland, reinforcing UK grid flexibility
ENGIE has commissioned two utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Scotland, adding 100 MW / 200 MWh of new flexibility capacity to Great Britain’s electricity network. The milestone strengthens…
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Elgin expands UK solar ambitions with long-term PPA agreements for 112.6 MW portfolio
Irish renewable energy developer Elgin has signed a series of long-term PPAs with Erova Energy Group, securing route-to-market services for a 112.6 MW portfolio of UK solar projects. The agreements…
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UK selects 7.6 GW of long-duration storage in first LDES cap-and-floor window, reshaping Scotland–England power flows
Author: Derek Michalski, Editor. The UK energy regulator Ofgem has selected 16 long-duration electricity storage projects with a combined capacity of 7,645 MW under the first application window…
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ITM Power and Protium Forge Strategic Partnership to Accelerate UK Green Hydrogen Projects
ITM Power and Protium Green Solutions have announced a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the development of industrial-scale green hydrogen projects across the United Kingdom, marking a…
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Johnson Matthey says hydrogen business poised to become cash-flow positive
UK technology group Johnson Matthey has said its hydrogen business is expected to become cash-flow positive during the current financial year, marking a potential turning point after…
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£500m push for Humber Hydrogen network aims to establish UK’s first hydrogen production and storage hub
A parliamentary meeting has been held in support of a campaign to secure £500 million in government funding for the Humber region, as industry leaders, trade unions…
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European Energy Launches Construction of Solar and Battery Energy Storage Project in the UK
European Energy has commenced construction of the Indian Queens solar and battery project in Cornwall, advancing a renewable energy asset with integrated storage that has cPPA and…
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Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm: Scotland’s Onshore Wind Build-Out Enters a Critical Construction Phase
By Derek Michalski, Editor, The Voice of Renewables Whitelaw Brae Wind Farm, developed by Thrive Renewables, is located in the Scottish Borders near Tweedsmuir and is now…
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Schroders Capital and Carlton Power reach Final Investment Decision on Barrow Green Hydrogen Project
Schroders Greencoat, the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, and Carlton Power, the UK independent energy infrastructure development company, today announce that they…
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Qair awarded CfDs for 190 MWp of solar projects in the UK
Independent renewable energy company Qair announced the award of Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for 190 MWp of solar projects in the UK marking the start of its…
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Schroders Greencoat buys 283 MW solar PV in the UK
Schroders Greencoat, the specialist energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, has entered into an agreement with METLEN Energy & Metals, a multinational industrial and energy company,…
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Lazard Sustainable Private Infrastructure Fund Completes Sale of Shawton Energy
Lazard Asset Management today announced that the Lazard Sustainable Private Infrastructure Fund has successfully completed the sale of its interest in Shawton Energy Limited to AMPYR Distributed…
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Drax signs £157.2m deal with battery storage developer Apatura
BESS developer Apatura has signed an agreement with renewable energy company Drax Group, who will initially acquire three battery energy storage system (“BESS”) projects located in Scotland and Northern…
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METLEN inks 10-year 235 MW solar PPA with ENGIE
METLEN announces the signing of a 10-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with ENGIE, a leading energy transition utility. Under the PPA, METLEN will supply solar generated power from six sites…
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Stranoch Wind Farm Hits Key Milestone as Turbine Delivery Begins
In a major milestone in the construction of Stranoch wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, key turbine parts, including blades and tower sections, have started being delivered…
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UK Government Unveils Plan to Create 400,000 Clean Energy Jobs by 2030
The UK government has announced a major initiative to boost the clean energy workforce, aiming to create 400,000 new jobs by 2030. The move is part of…
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Voith subsidiary Green Highland secures long-term contract to operate and maintain Kinlochleven hydropower station, one of the UK’s oldest plants
Green Highland, a Voith Company, has signed a long-term agreement to provide full operational support and maintenance services at the Kinlochleven hydropower plant, which is one of…
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Virgin Media O2 and TRIG Sign Strategic 10-Year PPA Linking UK Telecoms to Homegrown Wind Power
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) announced a strategic ten-year corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) with Virgin Media O2 (VMO2), the UK telecommunications provider formed through the merger…
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and AIP Management to partner 50/50 on Coalburn 2
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its fund Copenhagen Infrastructure IV (CI IV), has signed an agreement to divest a 50% ownership stake in Coalburn 2…
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London’s King’s Cross estate partners with Shawton Energy in landmark virtual solar agreement to accelerate net zero ambitions
King’s Cross, the largest mixed-use development in single ownership to be developed in Central London for over 150 years, has entered into a landmark Virtual Power Purchase…
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ABL picked to support installation of Eastern Green Link 2
Energy and marine consultancy ABL has been awarded a contract by Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) to provide marine warranty survey (MWS) services to support the installation of…
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Hellenic Cables to supply 66kV inter-array cables for East Anglia TWO offshore wind farm
Hellenic Cables, the cables segment of Cenergy Holdings, has been awarded a contract by Seaway7 for the supply of approximately 165km of 66kV submarine inter-array cables and…
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SSE Energy Markets signs long-term PPAs with Capital Dynamics, growing CfD-backed portfolio
SSE Energy Markets, part of SSE plc, has strengthened its portfolio of managed third-party assets by signing two long-term route-to-market Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Capital Dynamics an…
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RWE inks green PPA suplying wind power to the British Co-op Group
RWE, the UK’s leading electricity producer and a global leader in renewable energy, has entered into a seven-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Co-op Group, one of…
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National Grid is building a state-of-the art control centre to manage the electricity transmission network of tomorrow
UK’s TSO National Grid is building a brand new, state-of-the-art control centre that will reinforce network resilience, uphold National Grid Electricity Transmission’s (NGET) world-class reliability standards and…
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One Planet Developments granted planning permission on Essex solar farm
One Planet Developments Limited has been granted planning permission for a 25MW solar farm near Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex. The project was approved by Maldon District Council at the…
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greentech reaches Financial Close for £15 million loan with Lombard to build Chalkpit Solar Farm in Kent
greentech, a European solar and storage specialist, and Lombard, a leading UK asset finance provider, have reached financial close on the 25.9 MW Chalkpit Solar Farm in…
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