National Grid, in partnership with Environmental Defense Fund Europe and WWF, has developed a Carbon Intensity forecast for the GB electricity system, with weather data provided by the Met Office. The forecast predicts the likely carbon intensity of power on…

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E.On has said that it is now in ‘advanced negotiations’ over the sale of its remaining stake in Uniper to  Finnish utility Fortum. Agreement may be reached this year, the company said. E.On currently owns 46.65 % of Uniper, the…

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Three offshore wind farms with a capacity totalling 3.2GW have won agreements in the government’s latest  Contracts for Difference auction. The offshore wind prices – the largest wind farms as low as £57.5/MWh –  undercut observers’ expectations. Predictions were mainly…

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Volvo Cars has announced that every new car it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor. The company said this marks “the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine and places electrification at the core…

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E.On expects its new trading arm to begin trading by the end of the year independently from spin-off company Uniper, reports ICIS. Whereas Uniper is a global energy trading business, E.On will mainly source energy for its customers and sell…

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The next Contract for Difference auction for new renewable energy projects will be after the General Election, the EMR Delivery Body has confirmed. Scenarios in which a window for submitting sealed bids could open before 8 June have fallen away,…

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Auto-switching company Flipper has integrated Google Home into its switching service. The company claims to be the first to enable consumers to switch using Google’s voice-activated home assistant, which also gives users voice control of smart energy devices in the…

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Download our quick guide to industry codes and code administrators: Code bodies – a summary Join the debate: Code adminstrators facing major industry change call on Ofgem for leadership For industry codes, form should follow function and the customer comes…

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Blue Transmission Sheringham Shoal , the company that owns and operates the link connecting the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm to the GB network, has missed out on a £85,420.08 contingent event adjustment (CEA), after its email to Ofgem failed to arrive…

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NuGen, the joint venture company developing a new nuclear plant for construction at Moorside in Cumbria, is to delay application for a Development Consent Order for the project. The company had planned to make the application by the end of…

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