UK Power Networks is to invest £15 million in active management network of its power networks in London and the southeast –including a new intelligent software platform from Smarter Grid Solutions – that will enable it to connect over 500MW of distributed…
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Has National Grid put another nail in gas’s coffin?
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Who would be a gas generator? Despite the ejection of coal plants from the generation stack (and good riddance, I say), gas has got less and less of the wholesale energy supply market. It has been squeezed out between our…
Anesco to offer domestic package: low-carbon technologies plus auto-switching
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Anesco has launched a new venture aimed at the domestic solar and storage market. The ‘Anesco at Home’ package combines solar, storage, heat pumps and EV charging technology, with an energy tariff auto-switching service and O&M care plan. Steve Shine, Anesco executive…
Gas network Cadent to pay £44 million in penalties
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Gas network company Cadent’s failings over keeping records of the buildings where it delivers gas were so poor as to threaten its fundamental duty, under Section 9 of the 1986 Gas Act, to “maintain an efficient and economical pipe-line system for…
Ofgem holds back on implementation of targeted charging review
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Ofgem has set back plans to alter some aspects of the charging regime, including that for distribution-connected (‘embedded’) generation. The regulator now expects to implement three aspects of its ‘targeted charging review’ (TCR) at the latest of the range of…
Energy from waste plant proposed for landfill site
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FCC Environment is consulting on a new masterplan for the Greengairs landfill site in North Lanarkshire that will include construction of an energy from waste facility, the Drumgray Energy Recovery Centre. The Drumgray ERC will accept up to 300,000t of residual…
London mayor opposes energy from waste plant
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The Environmental Services Association (ESA) said it was “a shame” that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has opposed construction of a new energy from waste plant in Bexley. The mayor’s office said Bexley residents and MPs oppose the plans because it would increase…
Join Ofgem’s meeting on the review of supply licenses
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Ofgem will set out its thinking on its revised approach to licensing and regulating suppliers at an industry meeting on 21 June. After a spate of company failures, Ofgem decided it needed to raise standards around suppliers’ financial resilience and customer…
Severn Trent opens the door to energy innovators to cut its £100M bill
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Water company Severn Trent is inviting companies to come forward with innovation to help to reduce its energy costs – the company’s second-biggest expense. The company spends around £100 million per year to meet its annual electricity need of 900GWh.…
Ofgem: full steam ahead on faster switching
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A £1 saving in indivudual consumer bills – because the domestic market was more competitive – would more than offset all the costs of a faster switching programme, says Ofgem. It based that on CMA estimates that domestic consumers as a…