Generator Statkraft and storage company redT have announced a partnership to provide fully-financed behind-the-meter solar and energy storage infrastructure projects in the UK for commercial and industrial customers. The initial target is to install up to 10MWp of solar and…
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Northern Ireland power market remains vulnerable in the event of no-deal
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The legal position of the Single Electricity Market linking Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland remains uncertain in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to a new update from BEIS. That may require the government to seek additional powers…
First Utility rebranded as Shell Energy, offers transport fuel discount to energy customers
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First Utility has been rebranded as Shell Energy. The company promises 100% renewable electricity for all tariffs, as well as gas, smart home technology, and broadband. It is offering fixed domestic supply deals to 2020, and to 2022 with a Nest smart…
Data analytics reveals EV and PV use is higher than expected
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There could be at least 13% more households with electric vehicles and solar panels on the low voltage electricity network than previously thought. This was revealed in the Low Carbon Technologies (LCT) Detection Project, led by ElectraLink in partnership with IBM and funded…
SSE to close one of four units at Fiddler’s Ferry
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SSE is to close a 485MW coal-fired generating unit, one of four at its Fiddler’s Ferry site near Warrington, Cheshire. The closure will reduce the site capacity from 1995MW to 1510MW. But the site has only 1,455MW of booked Transmission Entry Capacity (i.e.…
Coal mine permit raises opposition
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Cumbria County Council has granted planning approval to West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to develop a new underground coal mine, located on a brownfield site, to the south west of Whitehaven in West Cumbria. The site will be known as Woodhouse…
Interested party? Respond to Capacity Market challenge
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Interested parties have until 27 March to act, if they want to make representations in judicial review proceedings raised by Tempus over BEIS’s actions over the Capacity Market. BEIS said Tempus has identified 304 businesses as being directly affected by the…
From New Power Report: what’s the direction of travel on heat?
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As the future of domestic heat in GB comes to the top of the agenda, New Power took a look at some new trends. Download full article here New Power March 2019 Future of heat article …
Sector deals get qualified support from BEIS select committee
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The government should make clearer its criteria for agreeing ‘sector deals’ for industrial support and ensure they are set up with the support of the entire sector, MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have warned, and it…
Ofgem gives the nod to Shetland link, aims to reduce costs with ‘competition proxy’
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Ofgem is ‘minded to’ give the go-ahead to plans for a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland to export power from wind farms. But the regulator is consulting on making approval conditional on a Contract for Difference (CfD) being awarded to the Viking Energy wind…