BayWa r.e has won an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for 13 UK solar farms on behalf of Octopus Investments. The company said the was a further strengthening of BayWa r.e.’s partnership with Octopus Investments, the largest non-utility investor in onshore…
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Air quality strategy to put a check on biomass growth
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The use of biomass will be carefully controlled and gaps in emissions legislation filled, under a new Clean Air Strategy published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Air quality is a devolved responsibility but some major contributors…
The ABWR experience
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In October 2018 New Power took a look at the ABWR planned for Wylfa Download our article New Power October 2018 ABWR
BEIS select committee: what is ‘Plan B’ for Capacity Market?
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Government must have a ‘Plan B’ in case the Capacity Market does not pass renewed State Aid scrutiny by the European Commission, said Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. Reeves was commenting on a…
Viking Link interconnector granted onshore planning approval
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National Grid’s Viking Link Interconnector with Denmark has been granted planning approval by a fourth local council in Lincolnshire, reports Lincolnshire Live. The interconnector will run between Bicker Fen near Boston and a substation Revsing in Southern Jutland in Denmark.…
Proposal for CfD floor aims to attract power investors to meet UK’s low-carbon needs
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Industry has called on climate and industry minister Claire Perry MP to instigate a ‘CfD floor’ mechanism to bring forward investment in 160GW of new power plant required to meet 2050 decarbonisation targets. The organisations said the government had to re-examine its…
Volkswagen launches power supply company
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Volkswagen Group has launched a company – Elli Group, based in Berlin – that will offer electricity supply alongside and vehicle charging. Thorsten Nicklaß, designated chief executive of the new company, said it would also offer green power to customers…
Water source heat pumps to serve district heat network
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District heat at the Queen’s Quay regeneration project in Clydebank will be supplied by a large-scale water source heat pump, engineer Vital Energi has announced. The £15 million project will provide heat for homes, businesses and public buildings including West College…
Large suppliers to be obliged to offer low-carbon export tariff for small plant
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Large suppliers will have to offer export tariffs – above zero – to small-scale low-carbon power generators with projects sized below 5MW, under new proposals launched by BEIS today. The measure aims to give small low-carbon plant a route to market…
Economy Energy joins failed supplier list
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Economy Energy has gone out of business and its 234,000 customers will be re-allocated under Ofgem’s ‘supplier of last resort’ process. Last week, Ofgem issued a provisional order to Economy Energy, which prevented the supplier from taking on new customers…