Government thinks its plans for a biogas levy will add no more than £6.90 per annum per meter – both for businesses and households. The Green Gas Support Scheme is due to launch in Autumn 2021. It will be funded…

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National Grid and Dutch transmission system operator Tennet are working on plans for a multipoint interconnector that would connect offshore wind farms to both countries. The plan involves simultaneously connecting 4GW of British and Dutch offshore wind, providing an additional…

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Ofgem seeks industry views on how the electricity system operator has performed in the first half of the year. The regulator’s framework regularly seeks such feedback, but this year’s review may be more interesting than most, given the events and…

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Northern Powergrid says it is pushing deeper into customer engagement than ever before ahead of the next price control. With Ofgem seemingly set on frugal returns, the DNO hopes to be able to present the regulator with robust evidence to…

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Jonathan Tudor has left Centrica to become investment partner at the government-backed Clean Growth Fund, aiming to find and develop early stage clean tech companies. Tudor was technology & strategy director at Centrica Innovations and has covered similar ground for…

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Paula Rosput Reynolds has been appointed as chair of National Grid, following Sir Peter Gershon’s announcement on 30 January 2020 that he would step down from the role. She will join the board on 1 January 2021 and assume the…

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SSE has shrugged off a negative outlook rating from Moody’s, which yesterday maintained SSE’s Baa1 rating but changed its outlook to negative. Moody’s cited higher than anticipated leverage and said that even £2bn of planned disposals would be insufficient to…

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Ofgem has fined SSE £2.06m over wholesale market inside information breaches. The fine relates to disclosure around a Black Start contract with National Grid. SSE signed non-binding terms with the transmission system operator on 22 March 2016 to provide grid…

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SSE has agreed to sell its 25.1 per cent stake in Walney offshore wind farm stake to Greencoat Capital. The firm will pay £350m for 92MW. “Walney has been a good financial investment for SSE but we see it as…

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Battery optimiser Arenko has sold development rights for two 50MW storage sites to Gresham House. The deal includes optimisation agreements. The two firms know each other well. Gresham House recently acquired the 41MW Bloxwich battery from Arenko, which the firm…

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