National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is set to boost transmission capability across three stressed areas without having to build more wires. Instead it will manage the flow. Together the three areas are expected to find 1.5GW of extra carrying capability,…
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Balancing Market access set to widen
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The next two weeks should see direct access to the Balancing Market (BM) opened up for distributed generation, aggregators and consumers Legally, a modification to the Connection and Use of System (Cusc) rules, now agreed by Ofgem, will introduce the concept…
Rail pension fund buys Tralorg wind farm
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BayWa r.e. has sold its Tralorg wind farm in South Ayrshire to UK pension fund RPMI Railpen (Railpen). Tralorg is an eight-turbine wind farm 30km south of Ayr, Scotland, with an installed capacity of 18.8MW. The project is expected to…
Elexon proposes changes to streamline code change process
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Settlements company Elexon has proposed a suite of changes intended to speed up, simplify and reduce the cost and time burden of changing the rules governing the energy industry. Electricity and gas supply and delivery is governed under 11 codes…
Capacity Market ‘standstill’ payments short by £38 million
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The deadline for suppliers to make ‘standstill payments’ of Capacity Market (CM) levies covering the period while the market was suspended passed on 22 November with around £38 million still owed to the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC). LCCC had…
Corporate PPA funds new solar at Leicestershire brick manufacturer
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PV developer Lightsource BP is to construct a 4.9MWp solar installation at Ibstock Brick’s Leicestershire headquarters for leading brick manufacturer, Ibstock Brick. The site is fully funded by Lightsource BP and a power purchase agreement (PPA) will see electricity from the installation…
Ofgem decides against upgrade at St Fergus to safeguard gas transmission, says it is not needed with falling demand
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National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) and Ofgem remain at odds over whether to replace two compressor stations that help pump gas around the national transmission system, and who should bear the costs. NGGT thinks that if there is no upgrade…
Thrive picks up new subsidy-free wind project
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Thrive Renewables has acquired a new wind farm, now under constructuon, in South Ayrshire in Scotland,that will operate subsidy-free. The project, to be named Chapelton wind farm, has planning and land rights for three turbines to totalling 2.7MW and initial…
EnecoUK parent to be acquired by Japanese power interests
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EnecoUK’s Dutch parent company is to be acquired by Mitsubishi (80%) and Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power (20%) in a deal worth €4.1 billion. The transaction has still to be approved by the 44 Dutch local authorities who are the…
NGESO opens tender for reactive power services in Mersey region
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National Grid ESO has opened a tender for suppliers of reactive power services in the Mersey region, seeking services from transmission and distribution-connected (33kV and above) providers and from aggregators. Providers must be ready to supply the service – reactive…