Wales

Australia

AGL begins commissioning first 250 MW of grid-forming Liddell battery in Australia

Major Australian utility AGL has begun commissioning of the first 250 MW of the 500 MW / 1,000 MWh grid-forming Liddell Battery at AGL’s Hunter Energy Hub…

United Kingdom

Statkraft wins consent for Welsh solar project

Statkraft has secured planning consent for the 30MW Alleston Solar Farm between Lamphey and Pembroke in Wales.[Image: Statkraft]The company said the project wil…

Australia

Australia’s New South Wales state to prohibit new coal mines

Australia’s second-largest coal-producing state, New South Wales (NSW), will prohibit new applications for fossil fuel mines as part of efforts to reduce emiss…

HydroWing Awarded Additional 10MW, Advancing World-Leading Tidal Energy Project at Morlais

HydroWing Tidal Energy Projects, part of Inyanga Marine Energy Group, has been awarded a further 10MW for its Ynni'r Lleuad Project at Morlais in Wales in t…

Metal

Larvotto Commences Underground Development at Hillgrove Project in NSW

Larvotto Resources has confirmed that PYBAR Mining Services has arrived on-site and commenced underground development activities at the wholly owned Hillgrove a…

SMR

UK Selects North Wales as Site for First Mini Nuclear Power Station

Britain on Thursday announced that its first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station will be built at Wylfa on Anglesey, an island in North Wales. The…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EDF Optimises Battery Tech at Former Coal Power Plant in Wales

EDF has entered into a long-term agreement with sustainable energy developer and operator Ampeak Energy to optimise the AW1 Battery Energy Storage System (BESS)…

Battery

EDF and Ampeak Energy Partner to Enhance Battery Storage Facility in South Wales

EDF has entered into a long-term agreement with Ampeak Energy to enhance the performance of the AW1 battery energy storage system (BESS) located at Uskmouth in …

Battery

ACEnergy Signs 3 GWh Battery Supply Deal With CATL

ACEnergy has signed an agreement with CATL to provide supply and integration services for three large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Aus…

Wind Power Project

NSW Government Greenlights 1.3GW Pottinger Wind Park

The New South Wales (NSW) Independent Planning Commission (IPC) has approved the Pottinger Energy Park, a renewable wind energy project located in the South Wes…

Substation

National Grid Launches Partnership Model for Substation Development

The UK’s National Grid has introduced the Electricity Transmission Partnership (ETP), an £8 billion (approximately $10.5 billion) initiative to stre…

Pumped Storage

Anglesey Mining and Rheenergise Sign Agreement to Develop Hydropower Storage Project at Parys Mountain

Anglesey Mining PLC has entered into a Letter of Intent (LOI) with RheEnergise Limited to develop a high-density fluid hydro-power energy storage project at Par…

Battery

AGL Energy Takes FID on 500MW Tomago BESS in Australia

AGL Energy, an Australian energy company, has finalized its investment decision for a 500MW/2,000 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system (BESS) in Tomago, …

Tidal Energy

UK Firm Secures Almost $5M for Morlais Tidal Energy Demonstrator Build

Inyanga Marine Energy Group, a UK-based firm in Falmouth, has raised £3.7 million (approximately $5 million) to support the development of a tidal energy …

Tidal Energy

Wales and Galicia Team Up on Tidal Energy

A new initiative to develop next-generation tidal turbine blades has started in Wales, led by Menter Môn Morlais Ltd, owner of Europe’s largest cons…