Octopus Australia advances 4.8 GWh battery into federal approvals
August 31, 2026
The 1.2 GW / 4.8 GWh Hanworth battery has entered federal environmental assessment alongside the New South Wales planning process. The
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Labour rejects data centre moratorium as power demand becomes political battleground
August 31, 2026
Labour has dismissed the Green Party’s call to pause approvals for large data centres, arguing that a moratorium would send investment
Certain Energy raises £10 million to take manganese flow battery to grid scale
August 27, 2026
The former RFC Power has raised £10m from investors including British Business Bank, Centrica Energy, Ceres Power and Temasek Trust’s C3H.
Aggreko seeks New York return as AI turns modular power into core infrastructure
August 26, 2026
Aggreko has filed for a New York Stock Exchange flotation under the ticker AGKO, although the share count, price range and
East Havering data centre exposes scale of Britain’s AI power challenge
August 24, 2026
The proposed £14.7 billion campus would secure a 600MVA grid connection and consume an estimated 2.65TWh annually at a likely 50%
UK targets 100-hour energy storage with £28 million innovation programme
August 21, 2026
The UK government has allocated £28m to technologies capable of discharging electricity for at least 100 continuous hours. An initial £3m
Harmony energises 35 MW Skeeby battery as Alpiq-backed expansion begins
August 19, 2026
Harmony Energy has energised its 35 MW / 70 MWh Skeeby battery storage project near Richmond in North Yorkshire, ahead of
Hornsea Three battery contract explores shared-grid model for offshore wind
August 19, 2026
Arenko will operate and optimise Ørsted’s 300MW/600MWh Iceni battery using its Nimbus software platform. The two-hour battery will share transmission infrastructure
Scotland creates ministerial screen for large data centres, stops short of a freeze
August 18, 2026
Councils must notify Scottish ministers within seven days of validating any data centre application exceeding 50 MW. Ministers have recalled one
Nvidia puts $105 billion backstop behind Ohio AI campus tied to 9.2 GW of gas
August 18, 2026
OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for approximately 8 GW of IT capacity at the PORTS-Pike campus. Nvidia’s $105bn commitment is
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