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Innovate UK funding aims for lower-loss cables

Eland Cables, Enertechnos, Brunel University and The Welding Institute have combined in a project to reduce cable losses. The project is supported by a £1 million Innovate UK grant. The new ‘long linear capacitor’ cable technology is dubbed the Capacitive Transfer System…

New CCGT planned for Ferrybridge

SSE has announced plans for a new CCGT at the Ferrybridge site in Yorkshire. The new plant will be known as Ferrybridge ‘D’  and will have a generating capacity of up to 2,000MW. SSE owned and operated the coal-fired Ferrybridge ‘C’ power…

E.On confirms sale of Uniper stake to Fortum

E.On has confirmed it will sell its 46.65% stake in spin-off Uniper to Fortum for €22 per share. The  voluntary takeover offer was made on 7 November. When Uniper was spun off from E.On in 2016. 53.35 percent of Uniper stock…