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April 26, 2024

Africa Finance Corporation invests over £11 million in Morocco-UK Power Project

Once complete, the project will supply 3.6GW of clean power that is expected to deliver 8% of Britain’s current electricity needs.

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April 26, 2024

Scottish first minister breaks power-sharing agreement

First Minister Humza Yousaf has confirmed that the Scottish Government’s formal clean energy cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party has ended.

The project will combine solar, onshore wind and battery storage. Image: Fred. Olsen Renewables.

April 26, 2024

100MW hybrid solar, onshore wind and BESS project set for Scotland

Fred. Olsen Renewables is set to proceed with plans to develop a hybrid onshore wind, solar, and battery energy storage project in Scotland.

April 25, 2024

Octopus Energy investment boosts floating offshore wind tech

Floating foundations are used where coastlines are too deep for foundations to be fixed into the seabed.

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April 25, 2024

RWE launches pre-application consultation for Pembroke Green Hydrogen

Once operational, the site will produce two metric tonnes of hydrogen every hour with oxygen as the only significant by-product from the plant.

April 25, 2024

Sky signs PPA for Scottish wind farm

The PPA will enable the sale of 65% of the electricity produced by the 46MW wind farm.

April 25, 2024

ESB reaches 1GW of energy storage on Irish network

ESB Networks has announced that Ireland’s electricity grid now has 1GW of energy storage available to help its reliability.

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April 25, 2024

North Sea: the Nemo Link interconnector, five years on

In this contributed blog, Lisa Kettle, operations director of the Nemo Link interconnector, National Grid, looks into the project 5 years on.

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April 24, 2024

560MW floating offshore wind project receives planning approval

Offshore wind developers Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn have announced that their floating offshore wind project, Green Volt, has been granted offshore planning approval.