Abundant renewable energy has become part of a country’s ‘competitive edge’ in attracting inward investmen including manufacturing, according to Mainstream Renewable Power’s Andy Kinsella. In an exclusive interview with New Power Report, Kinsella has two examples of renewables as a…
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SSE confirms talks over sale of 5.7 million domestic customer accounts to Ovo
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SSE has confirmed it is in discussions with Ovo Group over the possible sale of the SSE Energy Services business, which supplies energy and related services to around 5.7 million household customers across Great Britain. In a statement the company…
BritNed consults on access rules in the event of no-deal Brexit: intraday trades affected
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BritNed has launched a new consultation on the BritNed Access Rules 2019 in case of No Deal Brexit. The proposed Access Rules have new Intraday arrangements. The company has published new access rules in a tracked changes version. Please click here for the…
What’s your view? Open Networks seeks feedback on register of distributed resources
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Electricity networks have asked for feedback on what is required from a ‘system wide resource register’ that will provide comprehensive information on the distributed energy resources (DER) that are connected to distribution networks. A product team has been developing options to…
Gas find near Hull sparks excitement
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A test well at a site near Hull has revealed what could be the UK’s largest onshore gas field. The site at West Newton was thought to contain 189bn cubic feet of gas, worth £947million at today’s prices. The previous…
ACT NOW: Nemo Link consults on no-deal Brexit trading rules
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A consultation on trading arrangements on the new Nemo interconnector with Belgium closes on Friday 14 June. The rules governing trade on Nemo Link in the event of a hard Brexit were approved by the regulators in February. However, the company said, those…
E.On has to withdraw ’70-year history’ advert
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The Advertsising Standards Authority has told E.On that it has to withdraw regional press advertisements comparing itself to energy companies going out of business. The company said it was “70 years old and still going strong” but a complainant said that…
CfD registrations open
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The registration process for the Contracts for Difference Third Allocation Round has now opened, the EMR Delivery Body has announced. The registration is in preparation for the upcoming auction round which is due to open by May 2019. The EMR…
Capacity Market T-1 auction set for June
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A Capacity Market Auction will be held on 11-12 June for delivery year 2019/20, BEIS has announced. Prequalified companies who do not wish to take part have to notify the EMR Delivery Body over the next two weeks.that they will withdraw.…
Brexit updates
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BEIS has put forward further updates on the possibility of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit in response to an earlier stakeholder engagement meeting. Among them: Remit: Registered market participants (MPs), will not need to take any action to trade in GB, as…