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Hinkley’s giant dome lands
Hinkley Point C reached a milestone by placing a 47-metre-wide dome on the first reactor building. Weighing 245 tonnes, the precise placement closed the building’s roof, expediting the next construction phase. The lift, carried out in optimal weather conditions, concluded with the dome atop the 44-metre-high reactor building. The dome, made of 38 prefabricated steel […]
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Octopus expands EV charging platform to Germany
Octopus Energy has introduced its Electroverse platform in Germany, extending one-tap access to hundreds of thousands of electric vehicle (EV) chargers for an additional one million drivers. The Electroverse platform’s charge-on-the-go card and app are integrated with charge point brands in Germany, including IONITY, Aral Pulse, Allego and EnBW. Nine out of ten EV charge […]
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National Grid fast tracks £90m upgrade for clean energy connections
National Grid is advancing engineering works to alleviate bottlenecks in connecting low carbon projects to the electricity network in South West England and Wales. The £90 million upgrade of a high-voltage overhead electricity line spanning 82 kilometres, between Bramley in Hampshire and Melksham in Wiltshire, has been brought forward by a year to hasten the […]
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RWE and partners secure 684MW offshore wind project in Japan
RWE and its partners has secured a 684MW wind project during an offshore wind auction in Japan. RWE Offshore Wind Japan Murakami-Taini K.K. Has been selected in a consortium together with Mitsui and Osaka Gas to deliver the commercial-scale project off the coast of the cities of Murakami and Tainai, Niigata Prefecture. Full commissioning of […]
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British Gas customers set to pocket cash savings tonight
British Gas has confirmed its participation in the upcoming ESO Demand Flexibility Service event scheduled for this evening between 5pm and 6pm. The energy supplier passes on 100% of the payment it receives from the National Grid for each kilowatt-hour saved during events like these. For the current event, customers are set to receive £3 […]
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Flagship Energy’s Tejal Shah Energy Markets Update – 13th December 2023
What’s happening in the markets and why? Today whilst countries reached a deal at the COP28 climate summit to transition away from fossil fuels in an attempt to reach global net zero emissions by 2050, the wholesale markets in the UK and Europe have seen gas and electricity prices ease week on week with some […]
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Market Analysis: Unravelling Complexity in Negative Electricity Pricing
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Unlimited fines introduced for polluting environment
Companies that pollute the environment can now be hit with unlimited financial penalties by the Environment Agency. The previous £250,000 cap on Variable Monetary Penalties has been scrapped and the range of offences covered has been expanded. That includes breach of permit conditions from sites that discharge into rivers and seas, for example from sewage […]
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Yorkshire Water pays out record £1m after pollution offence
Yorkshire Water has paid a record £1 million to charities after polluting a watercourse in Harrogate. It follows an investigation by the Environment Agency, which found the company breached its environmental permit with an unauthorised sewage discharge from Hookstone Road combined with sewer overflow, leading to polluting Hookstone Beck. Almost 1,500 fish had been killed […]
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French €4.12bn to support floating offshore wind granted EU approval
A €4.12 billion (£3.5bn) French scheme to support the rollout of offshore wind energy has been granted approval by the European Commission. The state aid will support the construction of two floating offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Lion and will run for 20 years. Each wind farm is expected to have a capacity […]
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