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Former UK coal-fired power station gets new battery
07 Mar 2024 14:16 GMT
SSE Renewables has announced a partnership with Fluence and OCU Energy to develop a significant battery storage project at Fiddler’s Ferry, a former coal-fired power station site.
The project entails the construction of a 150MW/300MWh battery energy …
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Appeal lost to halt expansion of last UK coal mine
23 Feb 2024 16:16 GMT
Lawyers for the group argued that consent was still needed from Welsh government ministers for future mining operations, and they had to give their authorisation to the Coal Authority.
Coal Action Network had urged the Welsh government to intervene to …
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Uniper eyes hydrogen production at closing UK coal-fired power plant
20 Sep 2023 17:19 GMT
German energy company Uniper SE (ETR:UN01) plans to produce electrolytic hydrogen at its Ratcliffe power station in Nottinghamshire in the UK, after the coal-fired plant shuts down at the end of September 2024.
The company intends to commission an initial …
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UK coal-fired power plant site to host 1,040 MW/ 2,080 MWh battery
24 Jul 2023 14:34 GMT
Independent energy infrastructure developer Carlton Power has secured planning consent for a 1,040 MW/ 2,080 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). The project is expected to strengthen the resilience of the energy system in northwestern England. …
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G7 Nations Agree to End Coal Use by 2035, With Caveats
01 May 2024 00:39 GMT
… . In Italy, Canada and the UK, coal accounts for less than six …
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G7 agree to end use of unabated coal power plants by 2035
30 Apr 2024 20:27 GMT
… apply.after newsletter promotionIn the UK, coal-fired power is due to …
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Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down UK Coal Mine Operating Without License
06 Jul 2023 01:10 GMT
On the heels of the world's two hottest days on record, U.K. climate activists on Wednesday shut down an open-cast coal mine in Wales that has been operating without a license since last summer.
"We have today done what the Welsh government, the U …
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Ministers to prevent UK coal mine ban
20 Jun 2023 13:25 GMT
Government ministers have moved to block a ban on the development of new coal mines in the UK, as the Energy Bill passes through Parliament after a series of delays last year.
House of Lords’ peers had added the prospective ban to the bill in April by a …
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SSE to build 150-MW battery at former UK coal-fired power plant
12 May 2023 16:20 GMT
SSE Renewables, a unit of UK energy company SSE Plc (LON:SSE), said today it has taken a final investment decision to build a 150-MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at the site of the former Ferrybridge coal-fired power station in West Yorkshire, …
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Campaigners lose legal challenge against new UK coal mine
12 Apr 2023 17:10 GMT
Environmental campaigners have been blocked from bringing a legal challenge to a UK government approval for a new coal mine in northwest England, they said on Wednesday.
Friends of the Earth and a local pressure group, who brought the action after …