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Octopus Energy invests £200 million into Deep Green data centre heat reuse technology

Octopus Energy’s generation arm has announced a £200 million investment in London-based tech disruptor Deep Green to help it rapidly scale its heat re-use technology across the UK.

HydroWing Creates Unique New Barge to Service its Tidal Energy Technology

HydroWing has designed an innovative new barge which will help drive down the cost of installation and maintenance for its patented tidal stream array technology. HydroWing is designed to be a cost-effective and scalable solution to tidal stream energy generation and was the largest tidal stream project in Wales to be successful in the UK government’s latest Contracts for Difference round, having been awarded a 10MW project at the Morlais tidal energy site in Anglesey.

Blink and McArthurGlen Team up to Provide EV Chargers at Famous Dutch Designer Outlets

Blink Charging, an EV-charging provider, is teaming up with McArthurGlen – an owner, developer and manager of designer outlets – to provide visitors to the Netherlands-based designer outlet centers, Roermond and Roosendaal, with state-of-the-art EV charging as they shop. The two designer outlet communities in the South of the Netherlands attract millions of visitors annually. 

Study Shows Significant Greenhouse Gas Reduction by Switching to Renewable Fuels

Low carbon, renewable fuels offer the immediate potential to cut road transport emissions as the sector transitions to zero emission technologies such as electric vehicles. To understand the real environmental impact of different fuel and vehicle options, a life cycle approach is needed. 

Hypervolt partners with Fifth Gear to help reach the UK’s nearly one million EV owners

EV charging company Hypervolt has announced its sponsorship of Fifth Gear’s YouTube channel in order to champion its EV charging technology to the UK’s growing number of Electric Vehicle owners, which now stands close to one million.

European Parliament overwhelmingly endorses a call for an EU geothermal strategy

The European Parliament’s Plenary has voted on a resolution, led by Professor Krasnodębski MEP from the European Conservatives & Reformist Group (ECR), to support a European geothermal energy strategy.

ABEL Energy Welcomes the $70 Million Hydrogen Boost to Bell Bay

Following a major announcement from Commonwealth and Tasmanian State Governments,an agreement has been finalized to invest $70 million to develop the Bell Bay hydrogenhub in Northern Tasmania, creating regional jobs and advancing Tasmania's renewableenergy leadership.

British Gas creates calculator to estimate carbon savings from heat pump installation

British Gas has created a Carbon Cruncher Calculator to generate a personalised estimate for how much CO2 householders could reduce their household emissions by switching from traditional home heating systems to a modern heat pump.

Launch and Recovery Procedure for Minesto's Dragon 12 Verified

Minesto, a leading ocean energy developer, has successfully executed the Launch & Recovery method (LARS) for the first megawatt tidal kite Dragon 12 (1.2 MW, 25 tons). The operations developed for the Dragon 4 (100kW, 2.5 tons) were proven equally effective with the large-scale kites utilizing the same small work vessel.

Nearly 200 US Clean Energy Projects Announced in 2023; Eight New Projects in December

Businesses announced eight new large-scale clean energy projects in December, bringing the total number of major clean energy and clean vehicle projects announced in 2023 to 196 according to the latest monthly analysis of private sector announcements from E2. The eight new projects are expected to result in more than $1.8 billion in private-sector investments and create at least 2,600 jobs in five states.

LONGi Co-Launches SDG Project “Light Up Africa” with Shenzhen Power Solutions

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, LONGi announced that it closed a partnership with Shenzhen Power Solution, a professional off-grid solar home system manufacturer. Together, they will launch the project “Light up Africa” and provide tailor-made solar products, including cells and modules, to off-grid communities in Africa to help alleviate poverty and improve education.

NineDot Energy Raises $225 Million in Equity Financing 

NineDot Energy, a developer of community-scale battery energy storage systems in the New York City metropolitan area, has secured an additional $225 million equity capital commitment from Manulife Investment Management as well as Carlyle , NineDot’s existing institutional equity investor. 

Natural Power Advises on 202.5MW Finnish Wind Project Ostara

Natural Power, has delivered the role of technical adviser providing due diligence services to support the financing of Neoen and Prokon's wind portfolio being developed in Finland. The portfolio is comprised of three assets, which are now under construction and are expected to be operational in 2025. Neoen owns an 80% stake in each project, the remaining 20% being owned by Prokon.

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