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Solar Power Plant

Centrica Adds 32MW of Solar to South-West Portfolio

The two solar farms are located in Dorset and Wiltshire. Image: Centrica.Energy services firm Centrica has added two solar projects totalling 32MW in the South-…

Solar Power Plant

Centrica Adds 32MW of Solar to South-West Portfolio

The two solar farms are located in Dorset and Wiltshire. Image: Centrica.Energy services firm Centrica has added two solar projects totalling 32MW in the South-…

Oil & Gas Supply

Shell to Close 1,000 Gas Stations to Focus on EV Charging Deployment

Gas and oil giant Shell is looking to close as many as 1,000 retail gas stations in the coming years, as it pivots toward deployment of electric vehicle (EV) ch…

Electric Vehicles

Local Authorities in England Awarded £185M for EV Chargers

Image: I Wei Huang / ShutterstockLocal authorities across England have been granted a total of £185 million for electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint funding.…

Nuclear waste

UK Completes Transfer of Winfrith Waste Drums

A project to transfer more than 1000 drums of radioactive waste from the Winfrith site in Dorset, in southern England, to the Low Level Waste Repository site in…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK Government Buys Wylfa and Oldbury Nuclear Sites From Hitachi

An agreement to buy the Hitachi-owned sites for new nuclear at Wylfa in north Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn in southwest England has been reached for GBP160 milli…

Nuclear Decommissioning

UK Research Reactor Fully Decommissioned

The Imperial College Reactor Centre in Ascot, England, has become the first reactor site to be fully decommissioned in the UK under modern regulatory controls, …

Wind Turbine

Five Turbines Spin at America's First Large-Scale Offshore Wind Farm

Vineyard Wind 1, America’s first large-scale offshore wind farm, has begun delivering energy to the New England grid from five of its planned 62 GE Haliad…

Power Construction

FERC Approves New England Plan to Improve Grid Reliability

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) this week approved a plan by New England's grid operator to expand its day-ahead market, a move that could a…

Geothermal Power Plant

Geothermal Heat Pump System Installed in Kingston Lacy, UK

Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, UK (source: Mike Finn / flickr, Creative Commons)A new geothermal heat pump system has been installed at the Kingston Lacy in …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

UK to Invest Extra $1.7 Bln in Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station

Britain will invest an extra 1.3 billion pounds ($1.65 billion) in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in southeast England, the government said on Monday, mak…

Power Construction

Copenhagen Infra, Avangrid JV Vineyard Wind Supplies First Power to Grid

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Avangrid (AGR.N) said on Wednesday their joint venture Vineyard Wind began generating power for the first time, supplying…

Microgrid

FERC Approves New England Grid's Request to Delay Power Auction to 2026

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted a request by New England's grid operator and a regional utilities association to postpone their …

Offshore Wind Power

BP and EnBW to Run Suction Bucket Trials at UK Offshore Wind Farm Sites

On 30 December, the vessel North Sea Giant is expected to start suction bucket trials within the array areas of the Mona and Morgan offshore wind farm sites, lo…

Solar Power Plant

UK’s largest solar farm faces further delay

Image: ShutterstockUK Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho has once again postponed the decision on the 500MW Sunnica solar project proposed by Tribus Energy and PS…