Consumer organisation Which? expressed concern after SSE and Innogy announced plans to spin off and merge their supply businesses. A new supply company will be created to include SSE’s domestic energy supply and services business in GB and Innogy’s Npower household…
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Neart na Gaoithe gets new go-ahead from Supreme Court
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Mainstream Renewable Power has welcomed a decision by the Supreme Court that will clear the way for construction of the 450MW Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm. The court rejected RSPB Scotland’s application for leave to appeal in its long-running challenge to…
Vattenfall set to enter GB networks business
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Vattenfall has launched an independent distributions business for GB. Vattenfall Networks was granted a licence on 1 November and is expected to begin operations in 2018. It will be headed by Stewart Dawson. The new unit Vattenfall IDNO, an Independent Distribution Network Operator,…
Elexon to offer ‘sandbox’ approach to bring on electricity market innovations
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Balancing and settlement company Elexon wants to set up a market ‘sandbox’ to allow companies to test innovative products or ideas for the electricity market. The idea follows Ofgem’s similar approach, which allows for a temporary derogation from existing rules,…
Barn Energy opens third Yorkshire hydro plant
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A new hydroelectric power plant will be officially opened today (Friday) by Geoffrey Boycott, the ex-Yorkshire and England cricketer. The 500kW Knottingley scheme, half a mile down the Aiire river from the Ferrybridge coal-fired power station has been developed by…
National Grid culls frequency response products
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National Grid has announced it will stop tendering four frequency response and two short term operating reserve (STOR) products, aiming to reduce complexity and help new providers enter the market. The System Operator will bring Enhanced Frequency Response, Rapid Frequency…
ENA seeks views on gas and electricity innovation
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The Energy Networks Association has launched a consultation on its Gas Network Innovation Strategy. The strategy sets out the challenges and the opportunities facing the gas transmission and distribution networks as the UK looks to decarbonise its energy system. It…
Call for ideas: electricity System Operator wants innovation, £70M funding available
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Electricity System Operator (SO) National Grid is looking for innovators to put forward projects for the 2018 Network Innovation Competition (NIC) process. The competition is operated by the regulator, Ofgem, and it makes funding available to inspire large-scale and industry innovations…
Gas networks call for ideas from outside the industry: £20M funding available for innovation
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The UK’s gas networks want ideas for innovation that can deliver cost, carbon or environmental benefits for customers. The companies will be able to access innovation funding of up to £20 million per annum through the Networks Innovation Competition (NIC) and…
Industry expects data companies to beat utilities to use residential demand flexibility
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Data businesses will be ahead of utilities in the rollout of residential demand management (RDM), which will allow users to participate in balancing supply and demand, according to a survey of industry professionals carried out by Green Energy Options (Geo),…