Ofgem has announced the shortlisted bidders to own and operate transmission links for three separate offshore wind farms. They are: Dudgeon: Balfour Beatty Investments, Equitix, Diamond Transmission Partners (Mitsubishi Corporation and HICL), Mari Energy Transmission, Transmission Capital Partners (International Public…
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Briefing: behind the embedded benefits discussion
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Regulator Ofgem has announced it is ‘minded to’ reduce the earnings embedded plant can harness from so-called embedded benefits. Janet Wood sets out the background to its document What are embedded benefits? Embedded generation charging is complex, such plant…
Ofgem ‘minded to’ cut payments to embedded generators
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Ofgem wants to go ahead with plans to reduce the amount of financial benefits gained by so-called ‘embedded’ plant (small units attached to the distribution system) because they are not connected to the transmission system. In a ‘minded to’ position…
Low Carbon and VPI Immingham combine to offer fast-response battery storage
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VLC Energy has announced that two new battery projects will be connected to the grid by the end of 2017. The two energy storage plants – at Cleator in Cumbria and Glassenbury in Kent – were awarded contracts in National…
Demand response providers face new Capacity Market challenge
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As small-scale generators prepare for potentially big changes in their revenue from so-called ‘embedded benefits’, industrial and commercial customers who use backup generation to help provide demand response are also facing a financial challenge. Scottish Power has proposed tightening the…
Lords committee: hold competitive auctions for power generation capacity and make security of supply the priority
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“Security of supply should be the first and most important consideration in energy policy,” the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee says in its new report The Price of Power: Reforming the Electricity Market. The committee says “Intervention by successive governments…
Fossil generators’ system stability role could be fulfilled by renewables, says UKERC report
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The ‘inertia’ that fossil fuel plants provide to the electricity system, which keeps the system in stable operation and allows it to ‘ride through’ disturbances, can largely be replicated by very fast response frequency control systems and synthetic inertia, according…
Endurance turbine owners offered reassurance on spares and service after company goes into administration
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Four authorised service providers for wind turbine manufacturer Endurance, which went into administration in December following the collapse of its Canadian parent company, have joined forces provide spare parts for owners. The four businesses, which between them manage over 76%…
Local authorities must be aware of ongoing cost of electric vehicle charge points, warns InstaVolt chief
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Councils who bid for government grants to install electric vehicle charging points must be aware of the ‘sting in the tail’ of ongoing management costs, warns InstaVolt chief executive Tim Payne. In a wide ranging interview on electric vehicles with…
Moyle interconnector at half power after subsea fault
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The Moyle Interconnector, the 500MW electrical link between Northern Ireland and Scotland, is operating at a reduced capacity of 250MW. The fault occurred on Saturday 18 February when one cable tripped. Initial investigation has indicated that there is a cable…