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A new report by energy service provider Joulen, formerly the Electric Storage Company, suggests 0.1% of UK businesses could provide the equivalent power of both Hinkley Point C and 130 grid-scale battery sites by installing battery energy storage.

Renewable energy developer RES has been denied planning approval for its proposed Stoneworthy Energy Storage project in Devon.

A coalition of battery energy storage developers says constraint skips are “holding back investment and driving up consumer bills”.

The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) issued a notice last week (13 September) that the government has acquired National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO).

Industry body Solar Energy Scotland has made a statement fighting the myth that solar farms are a threat to food security.

A legal challenge against the development of the 500MW Sunnica Energy Farm solar project has been abandoned after two councils have withdrawn from the process.

Prime Minister Kier Starmer and First Minister of Wales Eluned Morgan have joined forces to “supercharge” the mission to make the UK a clean energy superpower.

Wiltshire Council has denied planning permission for a solar farm proposal submitted by renewable energy developer Low Carbon.

A new player in the UK BESS market has teamed up with five major consultancies to prepare planning applications for BESS projects across the country.

In this blog, Tom Abbottm PPA director at EDF Group, writes about the potential of corporate power purchase agreements.