Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update Monthly New Power Report – analysis and insight Access to…
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Inertia measurement solutions under investigation
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On 4 November National Grid ESO published an invitation to tender for new inertia solutions that can be deployed as early as April 2020. In this tender (Phase One of its ‘pathfinder’) it is expects to pick from a limited…
Secure and Promote ‘market making obligation’ suspended from 18 November
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Ofgem has announced that the ‘market making obligation’, part of the ‘Secure and Promote’ measures intended to improve liquidity in the power market, will be suspended from 18 November. The regulator opened a consultation on the suspension in October and…
From New Power Report: SuperGen’s Deborah Greaves discusses the move from fixed to floating offshore wind
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Deborah Greaves is heading the new Supergen offshore renewable energy (ORE) Hub, whose stated aim is, “to bring together for mutual benefit the related research areas of wave, tidal and offshore wind in order to share skills, resources and expertise.” During an interview…
Pensions trustees face new requirement: invest with climate change risk in mind
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UK pension funds are looking for investments in green energy, Doug McMurdo, chair of the Local Authority Pension Find Forum, told a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference. He told the audience that with £250 billion under management…
Electralink chief promises new innovation space – but warns ‘some people will go bust’
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Innovators will be able to test out new types of energy services without having to make costly upfront changes to electricity industry rules in a new initiative by industry body Electralink. ‘Flow Builder’ will upend the usual change process, chief…
UK offshore wind terms ‘could exclude all but large utilities and oil and gas majors’ warns Mainstream chief
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The UK has effectively excluded smaller companies from taking part in its future offshore wind projects, according to Andy KInsella, chief executive of Mainstream Renewable Power. In an exclusive interview with New Power Report Kinsella said that even though Mainstream…
From the monthly Report: can new business models disrupt the supply market?
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In the July issueof New Power Report we spoke to two companies with new business models for domestic users. Instead of selling kWh they are offering consumer energy goods like PV and batteries alongside power management – not just for…
Net zero: ‘no role’ for carbon tax but local energy planning could be key for heat futures
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The UK’s new ‘Net Zero’ target has “a wonderful simplicity … because we have to decarbonise everything. There are no excuses. You have to look at every sector and find out how we are going to get the carbon out…
Is it time to re-examine the regulatory model?
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With questions being asked over the UK’s infrastructure by the Treasury, green groups, the National Infrastructure Commission (NC) and citizens’ groups, pressure for public ownership from the Labour Party and calls for local authorities to have a bigger role, the…