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Welsh development framework sets out 15 priority areas with ‘presumption in favour’ of large-scale onshore wind and solar
by New Power •
The Welsh government has identified 11 ‘priority’ areas to develop large-scale onshore wind and solar projects and four more for large-scale solar only. The push for more renewable construction comes in a draft National Development Framework now out for consultation.…
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ElecLink interconnector consults on no-deal Brexit trading rules
by New Power •
ElecLink, a new 1000MW interconnector with France routed via the channel tunnel, has opened a consutation on access rules and charging methodology in the event if a no-deal Brexit. At issue is whether the GB market will continue to be…
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British Gas to supply renewable energy to Catholic churches, schools and care homes
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The Catholic church has become one of the largest single consumers of green gas certificates in the UK after it signed a new supply deal with British Gas. Under the deal with the Catholic church’s energy procurement group, Inter-diocesan Fuel Management (IFM), British Gas will…
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Banks Renewables judicial review puts a freeze on CfD auction
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Banks Renewables has applied for judicial review of the government’s third Contracts for Difference auction, saying it discriminates in favour of offshore wind at the expense of onshore wind and other renewable energy technologies. Banks says that, ”is against the public…
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BEIS and Ofgem order reports on Friday’s blackouts
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Ofgem has asked National Grid ESO (NGESO) for an interim report on Friday 16 August, on the power outage that affected large areas during the evening rush hour last week (9 August). A final, detailed technical report must be provided to…
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Industry governance: time for transformation
by New Power •
The UK energy industry is undergoing huge change. In this thought leadership piece, Gemserv talks about transforming governance Earlier in this series, we outlined a Target Operating Model (TOM), with a single portal to service users’ needs. We talked about building a…
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Greenwich residents to trial voucher-based demand side offer
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Kiwi Power is working with the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London to trial a plan to help residents use less electricity, earn rewards and pave the way to a greener energy market. Greenwich Energy Hero is a 12-month trial…
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URE Energy told: pay renewables subsidy bill or lose supply licence UPDATE Ofgem revokes supply licence
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Ofgem is to revoke URE Energy’s licence to supply electricity after the supplier failed to meets its Renewables Obligation for 2017/18. It owed £209,013.78. The supplier did not pay into the buy-out fund by 31 August 2018, or present Renewables Obligation…
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Toto Energy acquires 43,000 Solarplicity customers UPDATED: Solarplicity ceases trading
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Energy supplier Solarplicity has ceased trading, becoming the 12th energy supplier to close its doors in the last two years. After selling most of its customers to Toto (see below) the energy supplier had only around 7,500 domestic customers and fewer…