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¶ The Upper Afan Valley near Swansea is already home to the biggest windfarm in England and Wales, but in July work will begin there on one of the UK’s largest battery storage schemes. Co-locating the plant with the windfarm reduced needs for power lines, so it was about £5 million cheaper than building it on a standalone site. [The Guardian]

Pen y Cymoedd wind project near Swansea (Photo: Vattenfall)

¶ A report says that the federal government of Canada is now planning the imposition of pollution caps on Saskatchewan and Manitoba, the two provinces that haven’t yet agreed to support a national carbon price. The federal government is now also proposing a levy on fossil fuels that would be increased at an annual rate. [CleanTechnica]

¶ Howrah railway station in Kolkata is set to go green with the installation of 3 MW of rooftop…