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Credit: Manchester City Football Club

National Grid to unveil plans for UK 'electrical spine'

Grid operator this week published its blueprint for connecting up to 86GW of offshore wind power to the grid by 2035.

- by James Murray (@james_bg)

 

Manchester City unveils plans to become football's largest renewables generator

Premier League champions submit plans for 4.39MW solar array at the City Football Academy.

- Amber Rolt

 

Octopus Energy advances electric vehicle grid balancing drive

Energy provider predicts EVs integrated into National Grid's balancing mechanism will become 'one large power station'.

- Amber Rolt

 

Bottling it: Coca-Cola to trial use of direct air captured carbon in its soft drinks

Airhive set to launch new 1,000 tonne Direct Air Capture facility backed by new Coca-Cola investment.

- Amber Rolt

 

Net Zero Teesside: Around £4bn-worth of carbon capture and storage contracts awarded

Net Zero Teesside Power and Northern Endurance Partnership announce huge wave of new construction contracts.

- by Stuart Stone (@sstone26)

 

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