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TIDAL energy company Nova Innovation surpassed its crowdfunding target after raising approx £900,000 following a public opportunity to invest in the company. Nova Innovation designs, builds and operates tidal turbines that generate renewable energy from the sea. The company was looking to crowdfund £500,000 on investment platform Seedrs, to fast-track tidal energy technology and accelerate growth across Europe and North America. As...

AFTER two years' consultation, SP Energy Networks has outlined the role their transmission system in central and southern Scotland will play in achieving UK's net zero targets. The RIIO T2 business plan sets out investments of £1.4 billion to be delivered between 2021 and 2026, which will: Connect an additional 900MW of low carbon generation, and enable further growth in...

VIRIDOR has invested £4.5m in a new leachate extraction system at its Dimmer Landfill site in Somerset in a project which combines multiple treatment technologies within a single leachate management system. The initiative will not only meet Environment Agency discharge compliance requirements to the River Cary, but the move to an on-site treatment method will help to avoid approximately 2,000...

WATER consumption can be reduced by more than 20%, significantly more than current policy targets, following installation of meters, new research indicates. The study, led by Dr Carmine Ornaghi from the University of Southampton, looked at data from over 150,000 customers who were fitted with a water meter as part of Southern Water’s Universal Metering Programme between 2011 and 2016. Households...

At the UN Climate Change Conference, COP25 held in Madrid, over 500 companies publicly committed to further reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by a 1.5 degree trajectory leading to net zero by 2030. These companies are part of the global community of Certified B Corporations, businesses that meet the 'highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and legal...

Most energy consumers like the idea of being part of a ‘smart local energy system’ where homes and businesses generate and sell their own clean power and provide flexibility to help balance the grid, according to a new survey. The survey from Energy Systems Catapult’s Home Truths consumer insights panel found 58% felt positively about smart local energy systems despite...

WIDER range of technologies and providers will be able to access Great Britain’s balancing mechanism market as National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) makes changes removing barriers to entry. As part of an update designed to improve equality of access for providers and boost the real-time flexibility of the system, the ESO is lowering the minimum threshold for taking part...

NORTHERN Powergrid will be the UK’s first distribution network operator to trial super low loss ground-mounted Amorphous transformers. The transformers can reduce core losses by up to 90%, compared to the older ground-mounted distribution transformers they’re replacing. Ayah Alfawaris, Marketing Manager at Wilson Power Solutions, said: “We have over 1,000 installations of the Super Low Loss transformers across the UK. "They save...

As we gear up towards the general election, we here at ICON had a look at the parties’ energy manifestos. I’m looking at the manifestos from the point of view of most used words. I’d like to add that you won’t find a more unbiased commentator than me as I’m not allowed to vote in this election. The Labour energy manifesto...

IGLOO Energy has announced that it is receiving a strategic investment of up to £20 million from global integrated utility company Osaka Gas, in exchange for a minority stake in the company. Founded in 2017, Igloo uses smart home technology to track customers’ energy use and deliver clear personalised energy efficiency recommendations, which helps reduce the cost of heating and...