‘Emergency desalination plant switched off due to high energy costs’

An MP has questioned the reasons behind the plant’s closure although the company says it is for “maintenance work”

InterGen gets green light for ‘UK’s largest’ battery project in Essex

The £200m project is expected to provide at least 320MW of capacity, with the potential to expand to 1.3GWh

‘World’s largest’ offshore wind farm now fully powered

All 175 turbines at what is believed to be the world’s largest operating offshore wind farm are now generating clean electricity. The 630MW London Array in the Thames Estuary has completed its first phase of the project, with the final turbine (pictured) online on Saturday, 6 April. With all turbines now exporting power to the […]

Last turbine goes up at ‘world’s largest’ wind farm

The last turbine has been erected at what will be the world’s largest offshore farm when it is finished. The 175th turbine at the London Array in the  Thames Estuary caps off a real feat of engineering, after the first was installed in January 2012. Standing around 20km off the coasts of Kent and Essex, […]