Courtesy of Oliver Mills.
The decision will unlock a new era for solar and energy storage technologies, which can be used to underpin a smart, flexible energy system and deliver vital grid balancing.
Ofgem plans on implementing the new system over a four-and-a-half-year period, with extensive testing due to take place prior to launch in October 2025
“One might question the overly cautious length of time set aside for testing in the midst of a climate emergency, but otherwise it is fantastic to see Ofgem is moving the dial on the matter of half-hourly settlement” said Chris Hewett, chief executive, Solar Energy UK. “The decision will undoubtedly enhance innovation in the market, and the role of solar and battery storage in supporting the grid.”
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
In the light of Boris Johnson’s green plane plans for travel to the Cop26 summit being questioned by environmentalists as an attempt at ‘greenwashing’, a new study by Uswitch has found that his car emits 86 percent more CO2e than the average UK driver. The Prime Minister’s State car emits a staggering 2,191Kg of CO2e a year, whilst a Ford Fiesta (the UK’s most purchased car) emits just 1,179Kg of CO2e per year.
The Uswitch finding is part of a study examining how green the cars of world leaders expected to attend the Cop26 summit later this year really are. Boris Johnson’s car ranked 12
GE wind turbines in India. Courtesy of GE Renewable Energy.
These wind farms will contribute significantly to India’s commitment to harness the majority of its electricity from renewable sources meeting its target of 175 GW of renewable energy (with 60 GW coming from wind) by 2022.
GE’s 2.7-132 wind turbine is well suited to meet the needs of customers due to its efficiency in capitalising on India’s low wind speeds. These projects will leverage GE’s significant local footprint in India with product design taking place primarily at GE’s Technology Centre in Bengaluru, blades being manufactured in GE’s plants in Vadodara and Bengaluru and assembly at the GE Multi-modal Manufacturing Facility in Pune.
DEME Group vessel Living Stone . Courtesy of DEME Group.
SDI will operate in a consortium with JDR Cables. Once completed, Leucate will be one of the largest offshore floating wind farms in France.
The 30 MW wind farm is currently being developed by Les Eoliennes Flottantes du Golfe du Lion (EFGL), a consortium comprising Ocean Winds and Caisse de Dépôts, and is located 16 km off the South East coast of France in the Mediterranean Sea.
The export cable will include a submarine cable and an onshore cable section, connecting into the onshore substation near Le Barcarès. Construction activities are set to start in 2022.
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Power Edison, the leading developer and provider of utility-scale mobile energy storage solutions, has been contracted by a major US utility to deliver the system this year. At more than three megawatts (3 MW) and twelve megawatt-hours (12 MWh) of capacity, it will be the world’s largest mobile battery energy storage system. Utilities are increasingly confronted with grid stresses and constraints. To meet these dynamic challenges, Power Edison has developed robust utility-grade battery storage solutions – with cutting-edge technology that provide reliability when it’s needed and where it’s needed. Courtesy of Power Edison.
Power Edison’s engineered solutions incorporate best of breed batteries, inverters, switchgear, safety equipment, mobile transportation platforms and state-of-the-art software for battery, energy and fleet management. Energy storage has key reliability and economic applications for electric utilities and the commercial and