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Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

SSE's Aberdeen Teams Road Testing First Hydrogen's Green Hydrogen-Powered Van

UK-based energy firm SSE is the first UK utility to trial First Hydrogen’s hydrogen-powered van in a real-life setting, enabling SSE to evaluate the benef…

Hydrogen Project

UK Hydrogen Heating Trial Canceled After Residents Protest

A Hydrogen Village Pilot intended for Whitby won’t be moving forward.Whitby, a village in Elsmere Port, was to be used to trial hydrogen heating and becom…

Hydropower Plant

UK Industry Urges PM to Invest in Pumped Storage Hydropower

Scottish Renewables and the British Hydropower Association have jointly written a letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, urging the UK Government to provide imme…

Wind Farm

Banks Renewables Appoints ZX Measurement Services for Wind Measurements at Key Scottish Wind Sites

Complete wind measurement services and Lidars deployed at the proposed Bodinglee Wind Farm, Mill Rig Wind Farm and Lethans Wind Farm Extension.UK-based renewabl…

Ukraine

IAEA'Strongly Encouraging' Options to Allow Cold Shutdown of All Zaporizhzhia Units

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is urging investigation of whether an external boiler can be installed to generate the steam required so all six Z…

Wind Farm

Breaking: Ørsted Receives Development Consent for 2.6 GW Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm

The UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has granted development consent to Hornsea Project Four, a 2.6 GW offshore wind farm Ørsted pl…

Solar Panel

73% Of All New UK Solar Power Added in 2022 Were From Household Installations

73% of all new UK solar power added in 2022 were from household installations. Image: Unsplash.Consultant NTT DATA UK&I has released new data signalling that 73…

Geothermal Drilling

Glasgow, UK Observatory Opens for Mine Water Geothermal Research

Drillers pulling up core samples at the the UK Geoenergy Observatory in Glasgow (source: British Geological Survey)The Glasgow Observatory of the UK Geoenergy O…

Green Hydrogen

Carlton Power and Superglass Strike Green Hydrogen Partnership

Superglass, a major UK manufacturer of glass mineral wool insulation, has entered into a strategic partnership with Carlton Power to supply it with green hydrog…

Offshore Wind Power

UK and Dutch Companies Join Forces on Offshore Wind

UK-based Jee Limited (Jee) and the Dutch consultancy IX Renewables have agreed to join forces on the development of a series of offshore wind projects, includin…

Energy Storage Project

Bulb Co-founder to Announce £100 Million Raised for Field Energy Battery Storage Venture

Field Energy's battery storage at Oldham. Image; Field EnergyUK energy storage developer Field, has secured a £100 million (US$128 million) fundraisin…

Electric Vehicles

Europe Passes Two Big Laws to Make EV Charging a Whole Lot Better

The European Parliament adopted a set of rules today to improve the EV charging experience, focusing on easier payments, charging speed, and availability. In a …

Nuclear waste

Grouting Operations Resume at UK LLW Repository Site

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) is preparing 260 containers of radioactive waste for final emplacement in disposal vaults at the UK's Low Level Waste Repositor…

Solar Power Plant

DIF Announces 'UK's First' Bankable and Unsubsidised Hybrid PPA for Solar

The hybrid PPA covers a 55MW solar farm co-located with 40MW/80MWh of battery energy storage capacity. Image: Getty Images.Equity fund DIF has announced the UK&…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

South Korea Eyes Revival of Mothballed Nuke Plant

CHEAPER BUT RISKIER There have been proposals to revive the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant as the country searches for alternative sources of energy. —FILE PHOTOSo…