The Department of Energy and Climate Change has promised to review the charges paid by generation that is connected to local, low-voltage distribution networks. Such plant, connected close to demand, does not need to use the high-voltage transmission network. This…
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CMA holds the lines on remedies: CfD transparency; new industry change regime; new roles for Ofgem
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The Competition and Markets Authority has promised ‘over 30′ changes in the energy industry to improve competition in what it described as “the most comprehensive investigation into the energy market since privatisation”. The changes will be accomplished via a combination…
Referendum: what will be the industry’s first action following the vote for Brexit?
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The UK has voted in favour of exiting the European Union. At 6am the result was around 52% in favour of Brexit, 48% against, and that was not expected to vary a great deal as final results come in. What…
UK’s idle gas-fired plants could be sold to Africa
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Mothballed UK gas turbines could be exported to Africa, Silvia Stefini, gas product line leader, Europe, for GE’s Power Services business, told New Power. Exporting second hand engines “gives some value to an asset they no longer use,” said Stefini.…
Decc opposes CMA remedies on nuclear CfD transparency, auction visibility
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) wants the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to rethink its proposed remedies in awarding Contracts for Difference for low carbon projects. Decc opposes the CMA remedies for both negotiated and auction-allocated CfDs.…
Brexit would make business more difficult in the UK, says global turbine supplier GE
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What does a Brexit look like for an international company working in the UK? Before the vote, New Power asked Silvia Stefini, gas product line leader, Europe, for GE’s Power Services business, if it would make life more difficult for…
Second Norway-GB interconnector awarded licence
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Ofgem has awarded NorthConnect an interconnector licence for a 650km link to transmit power between Scotland and Norway. The 1400MW High Volage DC (HVDC) connection already has planning permission for an HVDC convertor station near Peterhead. Applications for the cable…
ETI project to explore future for hydrogen, gas and electricity networks
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The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has begun a £300,000 project to understand how new ‘energy vectors’ will affect energy systems. The ETI said energy vectors – electricity, gas and hydrogen – are capable of delivering multiple services. This project will…
Stage diving into a smart, distributed, energy system
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Feel for the government that has not only to set out a new energy vision but deliver it. The dangers – some actual, some purely political – over the transition from one to the other sees nervous policymakers trying to…
Scottish Government awards £1.5M for offshore wind development
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The Scottish Government has made a £1.5 million grant to the Carbon Trust to support its Offshore Wind Accelerator research and design programme. Set up in 2008, the Accelerator drives new technologies in the offshore wind sector. Previous funding rounds…