Utilities and utility regulation are facing dramatic change. The Labour Party wants to bring public ownership back. Local government is seizing the initiative, using utility services to leverage development. Meanwhile, new consultations could see the shape of the regulatory landscape change for…
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From New Power Report: what’s the direction of travel on heat?
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As the future of domestic heat in GB comes to the top of the agenda, New Power took a look at some new trends. Download full article here New Power March 2019 Future of heat article …
From the archive: Jens Madrian says the future is data – the more granular the better
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Jens Madrian spent many years at RWE, finally as chief financial officer at Npower. Now he has joined a ‘smart energy’ company, Reactive Technologies. In 2016 he spoke to Janet Wood about moving from a ‘big six’ company to a…
From the archive: can the gas be used to aid decarbonisation? Some projects investigated
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Despite the carbon cost, use of the gas network is expanding. Proponents argue that it can be a low carbon bridge. In the September 2017 issue of New Power Report Janet Wood took a look at some projects Efforts to decarbonise the…
From the archive: how can we decarbonise heat?
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If the UK has made good progress in decarbonising the electricity system, the same cannot be said for heat. It is a bigger challenge and has been harder to tackle, but it is in the sights of the new Energy…
What now for the Capacity Market?
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When the European Court of Justice set aside GB’s Capacity Market (CM) in November saying it was illegal state aid, it took the industry entirely by surprise. Even those who were aware that the hearing had taken place, back in…
The ABWR experience
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In October 2018 New Power took a look at the ABWR planned for Wylfa Download our article New Power October 2018 ABWR
From New Power Report: AMP invests in standby power
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Most of Aggregated Micro Power’s (AMP’s) business has in the past specialised in biomass boilers, and acquisitions in recent years enabled it to take charge of the supply chain for fuel, and to staff operation and maintenance for those plants.…
From the New Power archive: Simon Harrison discusses Future Power System Architecture and code governance
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As the Future Power System Architecture programme, backed by the IET and Catapult, reaches the end of five years, a look back at New Power’s September 2017 interview with the programme’s Simon Harrison. He talks about how code governance could…
Nemo Link: will power flow across the interconnector in a no-deal Brexit?
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Will power trading seize up across GB’s interconnectors after Brexit? National Grid says trading will continue, but it will not be ‘frictionless’ if there is no deal and the UK exits the pan-EU ‘internal energy market’. Janet Wood discussed the…