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National Grid substations get green light
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (194+ words) National Grid has secured approval for three new electricity substations across South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to upgrade the regional transmission network. The substations at High Marnham in Nottinghamshire, Long Lane in Whiston and a new substation near Chesterfield will…...
London sees huge charge point rollout
17+ hour, 19+ min ago (152+ words) The first 17 electric vehicle chargers have gone live across Tower Hamlets as part of a rollout of more than 70 charge points at 35 sites in the London borough. The project, delivered by EV charger company Believ and Tower Hamlets Council, will…...
Battery storage system to supply 35,000 homes daily
17+ hour, 27+ min ago (157+ words) A new battery storage project has begun commercial operations in Rochdale with enough capacity to supply electricity for around 35,000 homes per day. The 35MW/70MWh facility, developed by Masdar, stores electricity and releases it when demand rises, helping balance the local and…...
Recycled glass approved for housing in world-first project
17+ hour, 25+ min ago (238+ words) A new housing project in Scotland will use panels made from recycled glass in what developers describe as a world-first application of the technology. VASO Global will use four homes plus a home-working space and visitor bedroom on a site…...
Onshore wind applications hit decade high
19+ hour, 8+ min ago (190+ words) Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, following the government’s decision to remove restrictions on new developments, reports the Guardian. Around 45 applications were submitted from 2015 to March 2026, according to an analysis…...
Unused mines could be a low energy solution to farming
19+ hour, 55+ min ago (167+ words) Researchers in North Yorkshire are testing whether disused mines could provide a lower-energy alternative to conventional vertical farming. More than 1km underground at Boulby mine, a partnership between the University of Sheffield and Farm Urban is growing crops including pak choi…...
Billing disputes are the UK's most common complaint
21+ hour, 7+ min ago (157+ words) Energy-related complaints handled by the Energy Ombudsman rose 16% in the first half of 2026, with 46,532 cases accepted between January and June. The figure increased from 40,068 during the same period last year. Billing disputes remained the most common complaint, accounting for 58% of…...
AI could be the answer to transport decarbonisation
22+ hour, 11+ min ago (253+ words) Researchers at Cranfield University have developed a standardised framework for using digital twins to support transport decarbonisation across road, rail, air and maritime. A digital twin is a real-time, data‑driven virtual representation of a physical object, system or process....
Iran-linked hackers blamed for power pant shut down
23+ hour, 9+ min ago (211+ words) Iran-linked hackers have been blamed for a cyber-attack that temporarily shut down a small UK power plant, reports the Guardian. The facility was reportedly offline for four days following the attack last month. The UK Government said the incident did…...
Battery storage booms in India as renewable projects sit unused
1+ day, 4+ min ago (160+ words) Solar developers in India are increasingly adding battery storage to projects as grid constraints leave growing amounts of renewable power unused. Santosh Sarangi, Secretary at India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said up to 42GW of solar projects are struggling…...