UK tidal power company Tidal Lagoon Power has this week struck back at the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, saying that its recent decision not to support the 320 megawatt (MW) Swansea Tidal Lagoon project in Wales and its statement on tidal lagoons as a whole was “designed to mislead” and was “a manifest distortion of the truth.”
The UK Government last week announced it will stretch its public sector greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to 43% by 2019 to 2020 based on 2009 to 2010 levels in a move the government hopes will result in £340 million in savings.
ScottishPower Renewables has this week been awarded planning consent for the 1.2 GW East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm, which joins the already in-construction 714 MW East Anglia ONE.
The UK’s Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark, announced on Monday the launch of the country’s Industrial Strategy’s landmark “Faraday Challenge,” a 4 year, £246 million investment round intended to boost both research and development of expertise in battery technology.
For the first time, battery storage has won agreements as part of the UK’s latest Capacity Market auction, winning over 3.2 GW of contracts according to provisional auction results.
The UK government will be committing £4 million more in funding to its plug-in electric van and truck grant program, going by recent comments made by Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark during a trip to meet with automotive execs in Japan.
Theresa May’s appointment as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister has scrapped the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and appointed a new environment secretary. Theresa May was appointed as the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister on July 13, following David Cameron’s announcement that he would step down following the … [continued]
A new energy fund in the UK is looking to improve wave and tidal energy technologies and help put them into use. The new Marine Renewables Proving Fund contains about $36 million worth of new grants.
