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Onshore wind farms will be eligible for subsidies for the first time since 2016 from next year. This was announced with details on the next stage of the Contracts for Differences scheme which launches next year. However, the government has stressed new projects in England will only go ahead with…

Fugro has successfully completed a second marine unexploded ordnance (UXO) risk mitigation project for TenneT, this time on a cable route survey as part of the construction of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm. The 13-month project involved surveying the route for explosive remnants of war (ERW), including munitions…

Plans for the design of the largest smart city-wide energy system in the UK have been unveiled. The £2m scheme will cut energy bills and provide green heat, electricity and transport for residents. The Peterborough Integrated Renewables Infrastructure project (PIRI) combines a next generation heat network, electricity network and EV…

Barclays has worked with the University of Worcester to agree a £2m Green Asset Finance fund, which will be used to deliver on the institution’s commitment to sustainability. After becoming the first English university to secure EcoCampus Platinum status in 2010, and being named ‘Sustainability Institution of the Year’ in…

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised juwi AG and juwi Hellas S.A. on the sale and contracting of Project Kozani, a 204.3 MWp solar photovoltaic power project developed close to the city of Kozani in north-western Greece, to HELPE Renewables, a company of the Hellenic Petroleum group. A flagship…

Dr Jonathan Scurlock is the NFU’s chief renewable energy and climate change adviser. He writes: I have seen the future of electricity networks… and it’s impressively clean and quiet. One of the biggest challenges to decarbonising electricity generation using intermittent renewables like wind and solar power is their low “capacity…

Following its acquisition of the IPO seed portfolio in December 2018, SEEIT has made five further portfolio acquisitions including the latest $110m investment in a portfolio of assets in the United States, the completion of which was announced on 5th February. The portfolio is now diversified by asset type, counterparty…

London, 13 February 2020: Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico), a leader and global investor in renewable energy, has acquired and achieved financial close for the 102 MW Midlands solar PV project in Calhoun County, South Carolina, USA. Midlands benefits from a 20 year PPA with Dominion. The project is the third…

National law firm Weightmans has helped the Broad Group secure funding for the development of a new 12MW energy recovery facility (ERF) in Mid Wales. The Weightmans team, led by partners Levent Gürdenli, Sarah Walton and Brian Ghatan, performed the corporate, commercial, tax work and property due diligence for the…

The first projects to receive gap funding for heat network schemes have been announced today by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in partnership with Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management. With over £30 million awarded to five local authority projects and a further £10 million awarded…