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Ardersier Port has received an initial £300 million investment from Quantum Energy Partners to facilitate offshore wind projects in the region.

This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – looks at Ofgem being granted a net zero mandate to support the road to decarbonisation, the Energy Networks Association’s (ENA) three step action plan for grid connections and National Grid ESO’s (NGESO) predicted 30% drop in balance prices this summer.

Across the UK, there has been increasing interest in electric vehicle (EV) charging tariffs in a bid to attract new customers.

Renewable power generator Statkraft has purchased two wind farms in Shetland with an approximate generation capacity of 120MW.

ENA reiterates support for a UK hydrogen network with five pledges

SSE is set to install the "world’s first" High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) at the Dogger Bank wind farm, the energy supplier said.

Ørsted has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with engineering and construction firm Acciona to develop floating wind projects. 

EV charging company Ohme is the new official charging partner for Perry Motor Sales group. The move follows a recent announcement that Ohme was also partnering with Audi. 

“The UK’s green hydrogen pipeline has grown to 1.8GW across 72 sites across the UK,” Molly McCorkingdale, market analyst at Solar Media, said at the Green Hydrogen Summit earlier this week.

OVO Energy has called out the use of Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin certificates (REGOs) as greenwashing as it abandons the scheme in favour of a new system of tariffs which will directly support renewable energy and decarbonisation.