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National Grid starts planning 1.8 GW offshore wind interconnector with Norway
British transmission system operator National Grid is in the early stages of planning a new electricity cable connection to Norway, which would also connect North Sea wind farms in both countries.
read more... 23/08/2021
EU funded research seeks to speed up drilling for deep geothermal
Deep geothermal reservoirs are being targeted for renewable energy supply worldwide. However, while international research efforts are stepping up to the challenge of overcoming the low efficiency of heat recovery from depth to the surface, the showstopper remains the slow drilling speed provided by the conventional rotary system in deep hard rocks (> 4 km). Deep drilling requires long drilling times, often resulting in unacceptably high initial investment.
read more... 16/08/2021
Rotterdam port confident on hydrogen pipeline
The Rotterdam port authority is confident that there will be sufficient hydrogen supply and demand to justify the development of its hydrogen pipeline project with Dutch gas system operator Gasunie linking Maasvlakte and Pernis.
read more... 12/08/2021
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French grid operator’s ‘software-controlled battery experiment’ begins
A grid-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) has come online in northeastern France, which will be used by the national transmission grid operator RTE to assess the role of automated electricity storage in managing power flows.
read more... 27/07/2021
Wärtsilä to provide 100MW of energy storage systems for projects in West Midlands
Wärtsilä has agreed to supply Pivot Power with 100MW of energy storage systems for its next two projects in the West Midlands.
read more... 21/07/2021