Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood saw the energy industry from the inside and thought they could do better. Two years ago Janet Wood spoke to them Bulb founders Amit Gudka and Hayden Wood tell me they set up the company because they experienced the energy…
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As Project Terre gets the go-ahead: from the New Power archive – European reserve auction platform ‘could cut balancing costs by a quarter’
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Ofgem has approved a modification that will enable UK parties to participate in Europe’s balancing market. The change paves the way for the parties to participate in the Trans-European Replacement Reserves Exchange (Project Terre) via National Grid. In February 2018,…
From the archive: Grid Beyond’s Michael Phelan talks to New Power Report
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Aggregation and demand response company Grid Beyond has been granted a generation licence in the GB market. Last August, chief executive Michael Phelan talked to Janet Wood about the company and the importance of load in the electricity system. Under its previous…
Community energy a ‘vital influencer’ for a new energy industry with distributed generation and EVs
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The broad energy industry must support the community energy sector if it wants to get public buy-in to dramatic changes in the energy landscape, says Emma Bridges, chief executive of Community Energy England. Talking to New Power Report ahead of…
Legislation outlawing data flows between gas and electricity System Operators ‘not fit for purpose’ as cold snap tests interaction
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Fully separating National Grid’s electricity system operator (ESO) functions from the transmission owner has thrown into relief the different approach taken over gas, and the limits to information flow between the two parts of the energy system at times of…
Women in power: abstracts from interviews published in New Power Report
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Pamela Taylor, Partner, Innovation Link, Ofgem Pamela Taylor is at Ofgem’s “grid edge”. She runs the regulator’s Innovation Link, a service for innovators that gives them feedback on energy and power ideas. It also gives them space to pilot projects in…
Onshore wind: an industry for a post-Brexit UK?
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New Power’s March issue explored whether the UK onshore wind industry could punch above its weight in a growing global market. The key was a pipeline of domestic projects. Giving evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee in February,…
Interview: Vicki Spiers, AIGT and CNA
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First published in New Power Report, August 2017 In most new housing, utility connections are provided not by incumbent network companies but by independents. Their numbers have been growing. Vicki Spiers is the current chair of the industry bodies for…
Interview: Allison Roche, Policy Officer, Unison
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From New Power Report, December 2016 The energy industry requires social dialogue and a coherent sector strategy, says Unison’s Allison Roche, to counterbalance its current fragmentation Unison the union has 1.3 million members working in the public services, which…
Interview: Catherine Mitchell, Professor of Energy Policy, University of Exeter
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From New Power Report, June 2015 Catherine Mitchell had a difficult message recently for an energy industry just coming to grips with Electricity Market Reform (EMR). She said EMR needed to be rethought, and the industry restructured. Behind that statement…