UK infrastructure investor Equitix is to acquire a portfolio of social infrastructure and renewable assets from NIBC Infrastructure Partners. The portfolio includes 13 assets in the UK and Europe and, subject to closing conditions, will be acquired in a single transaction.…
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Prysmian’s Wrexham factory to manufacture Hornsea Project Two cables
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Prysmian has been awarded a multi-million pound contract to supply cables for Ørsted’s Hornsea Project Two offshore wind farm – set to become the world’s biggest. Over 300km of inter-array cables will be supplied by Prysmian Group, with 900km of cable cores…
West Sussex aims to expand clean energy interests
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West Sussex County Council has awarded Anesco an operations and maintenance contract for solar farms and solar panels installed on domestic properties and commercial buildings across the region. The council is broadening its energy activities and has launched a not-for-profit domestic energy supplier,…
Npower fined £2.4 million for failing to give business customers advanced meters
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Npower will pay a fine of £2.4 million after it failed to install advanced meters for electricity business customers. Suppliers had to install advanced meters at all their large business customers after 2009 and complete the rollout by April 2014.…
OPINION: Beware the effect of a ‘hard’ Brexit on the energy market
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Alex Harrison, partner at Hogan Lovells, sees little clarity yet on the UK energy industry’s interactions with the Internal Energy Market post-Brexit. Be prepared for a crash The UK government published its White Paper on the future relationship between the…
What’s your view? Consultation opens on architecture enabling local electricity markets
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A revolution is happening in local electricity networks, as more local and domestic generation is connected, users start to generate and trade their own power, and new technologies such as electric vehicles and batteries are connected and used. Now the…
Octopus Energy appointed new supplier for Iresa’s 90,000 customers
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Octopus Energy will take over Iresa’s 90,000 customers from 1 August. Ofgem appointed Octopus under its ‘supplier of last resort’ mechanism after Iresa ceased trading earlier this week. Octopus Energy said it will honour outstanding credit balances, including money owed to…
Ofgem plans for ‘competition proxy’ on Hinkley link could face challenge from National Grid
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National Grid may mount a legal challenge to Ofgem’s decision on how to finance and deliver a new transmission line needed to connect Hinkley Point C to the electricity network. The transmission network owner said, “We have previously raised concerns and will now review…
Ofgem calls for panels members to take forward consumer data standard
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Ofgem is seeking participants in a project to develop a standard for data sharing and use in the energy sector. The regulator noted that better access to their own data would help consumers engage in the energy market. For example,…
Electric vehicle users will have choice under Ofgem’s new charging proposals. What about the fuel-poor?
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Ofgem’s proposed new charging regime for electricity networks hit the headlines this month because it suggested that electric vehicle users might be asked to pay more if they want to be guaranteed the right to charge the vehicle at peak…