Australian redox flow battery startup Allegro Energy raises A$17.5 million in Series A funding

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Australian battery startup Allegro Energy has raised A$17.5 million in a Series A funding from new and existing investors. US climate change fund The Grantham Foundation led the fu...

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Making GH2 at sea: UK startup plans fleet of sail ships with onboard electrolyzers

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British startup DRIFT Energy announced it had raised funds to build a hi-tech sailing vessel what would harness ocean winds to make green hydrogen at sea. The company said it had c...

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Quinbrook closes its largest energy transition fund to date with $3 bn in new capital commitments

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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a global investment company focused exclusively on infrastructure for the energy transition, announced it had raised $3 billion in new capital co...

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Statera Energy secures permission for 400 MW / 2,400 MWh BESS in Dorset, UK

Statera Energy announced the company had secured planning permission for a 400 MW / 2,400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) near Chickerell in Dorset, UK. The project is Sta...

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BP gets funding for 100 MW electrolyzer at Lingen refinery in Germany

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British oil company BP has secured funding for a green hydrogen plant at its Lingen refinery in Germany. The funds, received from the Lower Saxony regional government and Germany's...

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Low Carbon UK gets nod for 500 MW solar + storage project in England

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Renewable energy investor Low Carbon announced the company has received development consent for solar + storage project in England. The British Department for Energy Security and N...

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UK’s Highview Power bags £300 mn for 6-hour duration liquid air energy storage facility

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British firm Highview Power, which specializes in liquid air energy storage, has raised £300 million ($384 million) to set up its first large scale project, and the largest liquid ...

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Orsted approves 300 MW / 600 MWh BESS at Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm

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Wind farm developer Orsted has taken a final investment decision on a 300 MW / 600 MWh capacity battery energy storage system -- sufficient to meet the daily energy use of 80,000 B...

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Scotland evaluates its largest 'water battery': 2 GW pumped storage at Loch Ness

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Scottish developer Glen Earrach Energy Ltd (GEE) has announced plans to develop a 2 GW pumped storage hydro station at Balmacaan Estate in Scotland, and recently submitted its scop...

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JLR partners with Allye to develop mobile BESS using second-life batteries

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Tata owned Jaguar-Land Rover announced it had partnered with energy storage start-up Allye Energy to create a mobile battery energy storage system (BESS) using repurposed batteries...

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RWE to set up electrolyzer for Haltermann Carless at Essex, UK

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German utility RWE, which is also the UK's largest electricity generator, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Haltermann Carless, a supplier of hydrocarbon-based pr...

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Rimac Energy opens new BESS manufacturing facility in the UK

An image of the newly launched BESS manufacturing facility by Rimac Energy in Witney, Oxfordshire.

Expanding its footprint in the UK clean energy market, Rimac Energy on Tuesday (March 26) announced that it has opened a new facility for manufacturing next-gen...

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SSE Thermal, Equinor evaluate 900 MW hydrogen power station in England

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UK's SSE Thermal and Norway's Equinor are planning to develop a 900 MW hydrogen-fired power station at Keadby in North Lincolnshire, UK, that will become operational from 2030. The...

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SSE Renewables picks OCU Energy, Fluence for 150 MW Fiddler’s Ferry BESS

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SSE Renewables announced that OCU Energy would be its principal contractor for the 150 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project at Fiddler's Ferry, Warrington in north-weste...

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NatPower reveals £10 billion plan for 60 GWh battery storage capacity across UK

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NatPower UK, the British arm of European clean energy developer NatPower Group, has announced plans to invest over £10 billion developing battery energy storage systems across the ...

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No looking back: Energy transition in Europe, the UK

In many ways, this year was the tipping point for renewable energy. The world has woken up to the imperative of energy transition, and countries around the world have made progress...

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ACC, Circulor tie-up for supply chain, emissions mapping ahead of European battery passport rules

Battery manufacturing company Automotive Cells Co (ACC) and UK startup Circulor announced a partnership to verify the green credentials of raw materials that ACC uses to manufactur...

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Exagen gets nod for 500 MW / 1 GWh battery in Leicestershire, UK

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UK renewable energy developer Exagen announced it had been granted planning permission for a 500 MW / 1 GWh grid-scale battery energy storage project in Leicestershire by the Blaby...

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Veolia eyes 8 GW of green capacity, top spot in Europe’s district heating, building efficiency

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French water-waste-and-district heating company Veolia has a target to increase its energy production capacity from biofuels and renewables by 50 percent to 8 GW by 2030, the compa...

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Sainsbury's forays into ultra-rapid EV charging with 150kW bays from Kempower

Sainsbury's last year transitioned a store to 100 percent EV de, while launching another one that runs 100 percent on renewable power. Image: Sainsbury's

British supermarket giant Sainsbury's announced its foray into EV charging, launching an ultra-rapid EV charging venture that aims to set up over 750 charging bays at more than 100...

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UK okays £2 bn for 11 green hydrogen projects, launches new funding round

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The UK has announced support for 11 new green hydrogen projects at an investment of £2 billion over the next 15 years. The projects – all of which will use electrolysis and have a ...

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US unveils global nuclear fusion plan at COP28, even as Japan-EU reactor comes online

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"We are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. And at the same time, yes, significant scientific and engineering challenges exist. Careful thought and thoughtful policy is...

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Iberdrola increases UK 'green' and grid investments to £12 billion

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Spanish power giant Iberdrola, the largest electricity company in Europe, announced plans to invest an additional £7 billion more in Britain for 2026-2028 in grids and renewable pr...

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UK investors back startup making EV motors without rare earths

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Advanced Electric Machines (AEM), the UK-based startup that makes electric vehicle motors without rare earths or copper – and therefore 100 percent recyclable – announced it had ra...

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UK raises guaranteed prices for RE projects, offshore wind to get 66% more, solar up 30%

The UK has announced increases in the country's guaranteed price renewable energy projects after a review of the country's 'maximum strike price' for such projects. The biggest inc...

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Daily Shorts: US renewable projects run into 3-year transformer wait, VW promises cheap EV, and more

America's power sector is grappling with a transformer shortage. US renewable energy project developers who are setting up grid-scale RE and energy storage systems say critical com...

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Daily Shorts: NextEra EP sells Texas pipelines, US to spend $2 billion on greening buildings, and more

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Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan has agreed to acquire NextEra Energy Partners' natural gas pipelines in South Texas in a $1.82 billion deal. The pipeline portfolio, STX Midstream, ...

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SSE Renewables gets green light for 320 MW BESS, one of UK’s biggest battery projects

SSE Renewables' Monk Fryton battery will be located next to the UK National Grid's Monk Fryton station. (Image for Representational Purpose) Image: SSE Renewables

SSE Renewables, the green arm of energy developer SSE, has received the green signal to develop one of UK's largest battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects. The company said...

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Daily Shorts: Portugal readies offshore wind auction, Thailand crops EV subsidy, and more

Thailand has approved a new subsidy package for the country's booming electric vehicle industry, but decreased individual subsidy amount by 33 percent, citing strong momentum in th...

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Daily Shorts: JLR opens EV test center in England, companies ask COP28 to finalize fossil fuel phase out

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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover opened an EV test centre in England, pointing out that this would save on costs and carbon emissions resulting from shipping prototypes to test ...

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