Electricity North West owners First State Investments and J P Morgan Asset Management have agreed to sell 50% of the company to Equitix and a consortium led by Kansai Electric Power Co. The other consortium members are Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co.…
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From the monthly Report: can new business models disrupt the supply market?
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In the July issueof New Power Report we spoke to two companies with new business models for domestic users. Instead of selling kWh they are offering consumer energy goods like PV and batteries alongside power management – not just for…
SSE chief executive has three ‘asks’ for new prime minister
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SSE chief executive Alistair Philips-Davis has written to incoming prime minister Boris Johnson with three priorities for a new government in the power sector if it wants to put the UK on track to be a net-zero country. Top of…
ACT NOW: Brexit uncertainty means double consultation on Nemo Link’s intraday product
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Nemo Link and Elia have had to publish a double consultation on changes to the access rules for the 1000MW Nemo Link Interconnector between GB and Belgium, because it is not clear whether the UK would remain in the EU’s…
BritNed consults on access rules in the event of no-deal Brexit: intraday trades affected
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BritNed has launched a new consultation on the BritNed Access Rules 2019 in case of No Deal Brexit. The proposed Access Rules have new Intraday arrangements. The company has published new access rules in a tracked changes version. Please click here for the…
RedT and Open Energi to offer frequency response from redox flow technology
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Energy storage company RedT and Open Energi have combined to pre-qualify a new type of storage – vanadium redox flow - to provide Dynamic Firm Frequency Response (dFFR) services to National Grid ESO. RedT’s 300kWh flow machine is situated at an industrial…
£1 million granted for offshore energy research projects
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The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded almost £1 million to UK universities to support research into aspects of offshore renewable energy. The Hub was established in July 2018 with £5 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences…
SeaGen turbine completes decommissioning
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Support structures for SeaGen’s 1.2MW tidal stream turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland have been decommissioned. Owner Simec Atlantis Energy Limited said it marked the completion of the tidal stream energy project lifecycle. Specialist UK-based marine business Keynvor MorLift was principal contractor and…
AMP aims to add heat storage and use to its peaking power plants
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A project to develop a thermal energy storage system run by AMP Clean Energy and the University of Birmingham has been awarded funding from Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. The organisations are working to develop real-life applications using novel ‘phase-change…
Conversion of peat power plants to biomass in disarray after planning rejection
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ESB’s plans to transition from burning peat in three power stations in the Midlands region of the Republic of Ireland to fuelling them with biomass are in disarray, after the country’s independent planning agency An Bord Pleanála (ABP) rejected proposals…