Providing consumers with low-carbon heat will require major change even if the solution keeps some part of the existing gas infrastructure, Jeff Douglas, strategy manager at the Energy Systems Catapult, told New Power. In a wide-ranging interview about the future…
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BEIS awards £2.9M nuclear research contract
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded a £2.9 million contract to Amec Foster Wheeler to lead a UK Digital Reactor Design nuclear power research programme. The company will set up and run a partnership that will…
‘National debate’ needed as some consumers will lose gas option
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Policymakers have to start a national conversation about how to decarbonise heat, says Jeff Douglas, strategy manager at the Energy Systems Catapult, as it will eventually restrict choices for consumers. The comments came in an interview with New Power about…
The things consumers do for 0.0001p
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Talk of time of day tariffs sometimes hit an impasse when the amount of money that customers can save by moving out of peak time is calculated. It’s often just pennies. But there is no need for the industry to…
RSPB Scotland denied appeal over offshore wind farm
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Work is expected to start next year on a major offshore wind farm in the Firth of Forth, after RSPB Scotland was denied permission to appeal an earlier go-ahead. Developer Mainstream Renewable Power welcomed a decision by the Court of…
Uniper’s UK chair Felix Lerch talks about restructuring and repositioning the company
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Job losses at Uniper, the fossil fuel and commodities company spun out of E.On, will continue until the end of the year, admits UK chair Felix Lerch. He told New Power in a wide-ranging interview that streamlining the company is…
OPINION: Contracts for difference – or for a different kind of wholesale market?
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Contracts for difference are a small part of the wholesale market now, but soon they will be affecting market behaviour, argues Mark Meyrick Under the government’s Electricity Market Reform, its replacement for the Renewable Obligation is now upon us. The…
Foresight opens smart meter investment fund
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Foresight Group is launching a Smart Bonds Fund to invest in the UK roll-out of smart meters. The funds raised will generate returns by lending to companies that own, operate and rent installed smart meters to UK energy suppliers. Investors…
Lords committee to consider energy security implications of Brexit
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A House of Lords select committee has launched an inquiry into the implications of Brexit for energy security in the UK. The EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee said UK and the EU have common energy needs, and rely on common…
Siemens and AES join to launch global storage company
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Siemens and AES have agreed to form a global energy storage technology and services company under the name Fluence. It will combine the AES Advancion and Siemens Siestorage energy storage platforms. Siemens and AES will each hold 50% of the…