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BESS Perlen, a joint venture between Perlen Industrieholding and the Valyou Investment Foundation, is investing in a 10MW/20MWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) supplied by ADS-TEC Energy. The system will be installed at the Perlen Papier site, a subsidiary of Perlen Industrieholding. Swiss-based wattss Group is responsible for overall project management. Commissioning is planned for the end of 2026.

Getting help with simple fixes for your electricity supply, is faster than ever thanks to an innovation from UK Power Networks.

Great British Energy had 52GW to 53GW of opportunities in its pipeline when Dan McGrail joined as chief executive, before the publicly owned energy company began engaging with the market, he told Stuart Broadley, CEO of the Energy Industries Council (EIC), in an interview on the EIC Clearly podcast. McGrail described the figure as approaches

Iberdrola’s Executive Chairman, Ignacio Galán, has visited the facilities of Astilleros Ría de Vigo, part of the Armon Group, to see Bibby Marine’s electric vessel project at first hand. This is the electric power storage vessel (eCSOV) used for commissioning electricity projects with the world’s largest battery storage capacity, at over 24MWh. During the visit,

The callout comes from Alan Dunne, managing director for the UK & Ireland at Aggreko, following reports that factories are abandoning electrification plans due to a lack of clarity on the costs and time it will take to connect to the grid. The report from ADE: Demand, a non-profit trade body for energy users, found

AI-driven optimisation, forecasting and Qualified Scheduling Entity services maximise battery revenues for SmartestEnergy's PPA battery portfolio in South Texas, under ERCOT's new RTC+B market. GridBeyond, a global AI-powered energy technology company, has commenced commercial optimisation for 29.7MW of front-of-the-meter battery storage assets in Texas, providing AI-driven optimisation, forecasting and Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE) services for

National Grid has reached the halfway point in the construction of a new 2.2km high-voltage electricity cable tunnel between Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent, with tunnel boring machine (TBM) Caroline progressing more than 1.1km beneath the River Thames. This achievement marks a significant step in replacing the existing Thames Cable Tunnel, which has

Grosvenor Farms in Cheshire – a leading UK leading dairy and arable farms – has broken ground on a new initiative to produce National Grid-ready biomethane from recycled agricultural waste, supplying enough renewable gas to heat around 6,000 homes a year and strengthening the UK’s energy resilience. As part of its wider circular and regenerative

Salko UK, a leading mechanical and electrical solutions provider, has successfully completed expert maintenance works across three exhaust gas housings and diffusers in the Netherlands. Working in partnership with ENGIE, Salko UK deployed a 13-strong team to complete essential work that was delivered in just over a month. Located at the Maxima Centrale, the maintenance

Authored by Simon Harris, Director of Critical Infrastructure at BCS Consultancy One of the questions we're increasingly asked by operators, investors and asset owners is whether an existing data centre is still fit for purpose. The question is usually prompted by a specific challenge. Sometimes it's driven by AI deployments and higher rack densities. Sometimes