Horizon Nuclear Power has suspended its UK nuclear development programme, which was to have seen a new plant built at Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey in North Wales, with a second to follow at Oldbury on Severn in South Gloucestershire. The…

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Industry participants have until 5pm on 29 January to respond to a Balancing and Settlement Code modification that would see Capacity Market payments collected from suppliers and held in anticipation of the market winning  renewed State Aid clearance.  Many suppliers…

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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is consulting on updated planning rules for new energy schemes that combine energy storage with energy generation. At present, energy storage schemes under 50MW go through local planning, while those above…

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BayWa r.e has won an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for 13 UK solar farms on behalf of Octopus Investments. The company said the was a further strengthening of BayWa r.e.’s partnership with Octopus Investments, the largest non-utility investor in onshore…

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The use of biomass will be carefully controlled and gaps in emissions legislation filled, under a new Clean Air Strategy published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Air quality is a devolved responsibility but some major contributors…

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Government must have a ‘Plan B’ in case the Capacity Market does not pass renewed State Aid scrutiny by the European Commission, said  Rachel Reeves MP, Chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee. Reeves was commenting on a…

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National Grid’s Viking Link Interconnector with Denmark has been granted planning approval by a fourth local council in Lincolnshire, reports Lincolnshire Live. The interconnector will run between Bicker Fen near Boston and a substation Revsing in Southern Jutland in Denmark.…

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Industry has called on climate and industry minister Claire Perry MP to instigate a ‘CfD floor’ mechanism to bring forward investment in 160GW of new power plant required to meet 2050 decarbonisation targets. The  organisations said the government had to re-examine its…

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Chris Hewett, chief executive, Solar Trade Association: “We give these proposals a cautious welcome. We are very pleased the government is unequivocal; small generators will be compensated for the power they contribute to the system, but the issue remains providing…

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Volkswagen Group has launched a company – Elli Group, based in Berlin – that will offer electricity supply alongside and vehicle charging. Thorsten Nicklaß, designated chief executive of the new company, said it would also offer green power to  customers…

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