Janet Wood explores some of the issues the GB power industry has to consider in its future as a third party connected to the EU’s Internal Energy Market After the Brexit referendum the fear was expressed that electricity imports…
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Climate Change and Environment gets cross-cutting scrutiny role in restructured House of Lords committees
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The House of Lords Liaison Committee has recommended setting up a new committee on the environment and climate change, to start work in April. It says “The current absence of a House of Lords committee on the environment and climate…
Blyth demonstrator site to see floating turbines installed by 2025
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EDF Renewables has announced it will install up to five turbines as phase two of the Blyth Offshore Demonstrator on floating sub structures, with turbines potentially in operation by 2025. Phase one has five wind turbines and was constructed in…
COP26 landing page goes live, themes include clean transport and energy transition. Five week window to apply for involvement
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The government has published its landing page for COP 26 (the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow on 1-12 November 2021. A separate landing page, ‘Together for our Planet‘ is aimed at UK organisation, with the stated aim…
Do you need an energy butler?
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From time to time I find myself trying to explain how the energy industry is changing to people who couldn’t give a picowatt. Here is my latest analogy: In the past you have had an energy butler, happy to meet all…
Ovo Energy will use ‘hidden’ balancing and timeshift to offer EV drivers ‘always off-peak’ charging tariff
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Ovo Energy has joined with its sister company Kaluza to launch an electric vehicle tariff that offers charging at off-peak rates at any time. Described as the first ‘type of use’ energy tariff, OVO Drive Anytime offers EV drivers a…
Near-miss that could have sparked European blackout caused by trip in Croatia – response called from GB to Turkey
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An electrical trip in a Croatian substation was the cause of a system event that called for action across electricity markets from GB to Turkey, according to a preliminary investigation by European transmission operators group Entsoe. The event would have…
Storage at Lerwick power station will cut diesel use and help Shetland integrate wind power
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Wärtsilä is to install its GridSolv Max battery storage system at Shetland’s Lerwick power station. The 8 MW/6 MWh system is being supplied to Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution. The system will provide reserve capacity, helping integrate wind power…
Shell to acquire on-street EV charging company Ubitricity
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Shell is to buy European on-street chargepoint company Ubitricity. Subject to regulatory clearance, the deal is expected to be completed later this year. Founded in Berlin, Ubitricity operates in a number of European countries, and claims the largest public EV charging…
Humber site to host processing facility for ‘rare earths’ that are key to batteries used for storage and wind turbines
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Pensana Rare Earths has announced plans to build the UK’s first rare earth processing facility at Saltend Chemicals Park in the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership. The company has submitted a planning application for the $125M facility, the FT has reported.…