Funding from the EU has brought the Republic of Ireland a step closer to a direct link with the EU’s Internal Electricity Market. Irish links with the bloc are currently all indirect, as all its current interconnectors link it with…
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Four suppliers face 31 October deadline to pay £14.7M in outstanding RO payments
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Ofgem has issued Delta Gas and Power, Gnergy, Robin Hood Energy and Toto Energy with final orders to compel them to make £14.7 million in outstanding payments they owe to comply with the Renewables Obligations schemes within the month. The…
Shell joins PassivSystems to launch hybrid heat system
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Shell UK and PassivSystems have launched a hybrid heating system called B-Snug, aimed at homes that use oil or LPG for heating. The B-Snug manages a combination of an air source heat pump and a traditional boiler. The intelligent controls monitor the…
Missing from the Conservative Party conference
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For many years, energy fringe meetings at the Conservative Party conference were accompanied by a chorus of muttered ‘no’s and the odd loud ‘tut. They came from someone at the back, quivering with rage, waiting for the moment they could…
RWE set to shut or convert coal plants
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RWE has set out plans to become a carbon-neutral company by 2040. – although it said it will continue to be “a responsible producer of power from all energy sources” including gas-fired generation. It wants to reduce emissions by 70%…
Siemens joins forces with UK100 to drive local smart energy projects
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Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with UK100, a network of 94 UK mayors and council leaders, to work with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to bring together financing from local authorities, private capital and government investment…
Pensions trustees face new requirement: invest with climate change risk in mind
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UK pension funds are looking for investments in green energy, Doug McMurdo, chair of the Local Authority Pension Find Forum, told a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference. He told the audience that with £250 billion under management…
Upgrade will add 40MW and flexibility at Shoreham power station
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Shoreham power station is set to be upgraded. GE announced that Shoreham’s owner, Drax Power, has invested in its gas turbine upgrade package for the power station near Brighton. GE will perform an enablement inspection in 2019 to allow operation…
Outfox the Market told to moderate advertising claims – comparison sites ‘not proof’
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An energy supplier has been told by the Advertising Standards Agency not to run ads claiming to be the cheapest in the UK, partly because of the limitations of comparison sites. The ASA told Outfox The Market that it could…
ATOL v SOLR
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Watching the huge effort being put in to manage the thousands of Thomas Cook travellers affected by the company failure, it is probably a good time to compare ATOL, the Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing scheme, and energy companies’ supplier of last…