EDF Energy has signed a three-year supply agreement with Whitbread PLC, a major UK owner-operator of hotels and other hospitality businesses, to provide it with around 340GWh of energy from solar and wind sources.
Battery manufacturer Agratas, part of the Tata Group, has announced the appointment of civil engineering firm Sir Robert McAlpine as official delivery partner for Building One of its battery cell manufacturing facility.
Yesterday (22 July), SSE Renewables revealed plans to progress a 1.8GW pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project at Loch Fearna, Scotland, with a consortium led by Gilkes Energy.
Cornwall Insight’s power generation forecast shows that solar and wind will account for just 44% of energy generation capacity by 2030, lower than what is needed for net zero.
A lack of competition in the UK’s electricity transmission and distribution networks is preventing the energy transition from advancing at the pace it must. Here’s how Spencer Thompson, CEO at Eclipse Power suggests we remove the bottleneck.