Domestic and business customers, are about to become much more important drivers of change in the energy market, and in a decade they could be far more influential than utilities or central government. When they take up new technologies the…
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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…
Ofgem warns Oftos it may get stricter on 3rd party outages
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This is an extract from an article in the February 2017 issue of New Power. Regulator Ofgem has warned it may change the way it accounts for the offshore transmission cable availability during outages caused by ‘exceptional events’ like cable strikes…
Energy suppliers: do they need more oversight?
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Specialist management consultancy Baringa Partners has added its voice to companies supporting financial checks and ‘stress tests’ for energy suppliers. Ryan Thomson, partner at Baringa, said: “The energy market will struggle to support more than 50 active suppliers sustainably over…
Moixa chief: Domestic energy storage could be next asset class
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Moixa chief executive Simon Daniel says the UK is ready for a large-scale roll out of domestic battery storage across the UK. He wants to deploy 1GW of aggregated capacity, via the company’s GridShare platform, by 2020. He says the UK…
Falck Renewables chief: ‘there has never been a better time’ to acquire UK onshore wind projects in the UK
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The UK is set for acquisitions in its pipeline of onshore wind farm projects, despite uncertainty over Brexit and the government’s lack of support for the technology. That’s the view of Falck Renewables chief executive Toni Volpe. He told New…
The Internet of Things: utilities warned they may lose the customer relationship
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The Internet of Things is coming and it could see traditional energy utilities’ business slip away. That was the message from a survey on the IoT published in the January issue of New Power Report. Utilities have to act now…
From the archive: testing the limits of the gas network
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Fast-changing combined cycle gas turbines (CCGTs) and more gas plant connecting at the distribution level could threaten the gas network’s ability to supply, system operator National Grid Gas (NGG) said, announcing plans to develop a forward-looking “System Operability Framework” in parallel…
‘Emerging’ power technology? Act today to avoid new grid response requirements
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Today is the deadline for companies developing new power technologies to apply to be classified as ‘emerging technologies’ and avoid strict new requirements on how they interact with the grid and provide grid services. Ofgem’s information for emerging technologies applying…
Opinion: Sparking a smarter power revolution
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Lucy Symons, director of public policy at Open Energi, says there is appetite in most businesses to help manage the grid. A little education could go a long way to delivering it Demand flexibility has come a long way…