How can energy help achieve ‘national security’?
Energy secretary Ed Miliband told industry at the EnergyUK conference in September that reaching net zero, which the government wants to achieve by 2030, will be a matter of “national security”.
Energy secretary Ed Miliband told industry at the EnergyUK conference in September that reaching net zero, which the government wants to achieve by 2030, will be a matter of “national security”.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday that the government has secured more than £24 billion of private investment in domestic clean energy projects ahead of next week’s investment summit.
Plans for a 50MW battery storage plant in Arbroath have been recommended for approval by Angus Council planning chiefs.
EDF Renewables is set to bring more than 300 MW of battery storage capacity online over the next 12 months across six UK projects currently under construction.
The pipeline of battery storage projects in the UK has grown by two-thirds in capacity over the past year, trade association RenewableUK has found.
Long-duration energy storage could save the UK power system billions of pounds as the country seeks reliable backup supply amid a push to expand offshore wind, according to consultants LCP Delta.
In August 2021, the government published its UK Hydrogen Strategy which mapped out plans to achieve its hydrogen production ambition of 5GW per year by 2030. Less than a year later, it doubled this target to 10GW, with at least half of this from electrolytic hydrogen (green hydrogen).
EDF Renewables UK has been awarded planning approval for three new battery sites across the UK, amounting to more than 200MW of capacity.
The UK’s transition to renewable energy is well underway and we’re moving at pace towards our net-zero goals.
Having considered many aspects of grid-scale storage, this episode of the Megawatt Hour drills down to the small-scale to focus on where we’re most likely to interact with the technology in our daily lives – in our homes.
Councillors have backed plans for a battery energy storage facility near Kintore that could store enough energy to power 115,000 homes.
The Megawatt Hour is the latest podcast boxset brought to you by Energy Voice Out Loud in paid partnership with BDO. This monthly series examines how energy storage technologies are reshaping, reinforcing and recharging energy markets in the UK and around the globe.
The UK’s grid operator will reform the way power generators apply to connect to the system to make it easier and faster to ramp up renewable capacity.
Fears over fire and pollution are being raised by a Highland community as developers plan a large battery project in Easter Ross.
Developer Zenobē hailed a major milestone for the firm and the country as it switched on a new 100MW battery site in Merseyside.
Angus Council has approved plans for a 42MW solar farm on land near Montreathmont Moor Forest, which could provide power for up to 12,000 homes.
Zenobe has begun construction on £750 million worth of battery storage projects across Scotland which it says will help save more than £1bn in curtailed offshore wind power.
Energy storage developer Anesco has received planning approval from Aberdeenshire Council to build its first battery storage project in Scotland.
In all discussion about the drive for renewables and the need to wean ourselves off fossil fuels, one crucial word is heavily under-represented. That word is “storage’ and I have long found the lack of emphasis on it by policy makers a source of puzzlement.
The Green Investment Group (GIG) has announced the creation of a new arm built to house its portfolio of energy storage investments.
Statkraft has announced the signing of two optimisation agreements with Gresham House Energy Storage Fund (GRID), covering two new battery energy storage projects in Scotland.
Aberdeen-based Orka has added solar PV (photovoltaics) and battery storage systems to its energy-efficient solutions as part of plans to help businesses work towards net zero targets.
Equinor has approved a final investment decision (FID) on the Blandford Road battery storage project in the UK, the first of several UK developments said to be on the cards.
Equinor has signed an agreement to buy 100% of US-based battery storage developer East Point Energy, marking its first play in the US power market.
Once in a while something comes along which suggests that all is not yet lost in terms of the idea that the UK is actually capable of securing real skin in the low carbon energy technologies game.