Juliet Davenport is to stand down as chief executive of Good Energy and the company has appointed an executive search firm to recruit a new chief executive with proven experience in growing digital businesses. Davenport will become a non-executive director…
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System Operator reinstates temporary ‘footroom’ option ODFM as it faces another low-demand Covid summer
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The GB electricity system may face operational stresses during the upcoming summer because demand remains supressed by Covid restrictions, according to system operator NGESO. It has announced plans to reinstate the Optional Downward Flexibility Management (ODFM) service, used last year as…
DCC celebrates connection of 10 million smart meters as mass adoption of 3 million early meters boosts total
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The DCC, the communications hub for the GB’s domestic smart meters, has reached 10 million connected smart meters. SmartGB confirmed that the milestone was achieved with the installation of an electricity smart meter at 10:47am on 1 February 2021 by…
Redcar energy from waste plant wins consent, looks to link with Net Zero Teesside CCS
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Planning consent has been granted for the 49.9MW Redcar Energy Centre. The £300M waste to energy facility is being developed by a joint venture led by Low Carbon Ltd and PMAC Energy Ltd, and will divert up to 490,000t of waste from landfill. Located on the…
Siemens ‘preferred bidder’ to supply and install turbines at East Anglia Hub offshore wind farms for ScottishPower Renewables
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is the preferred bidder to supply and install the wind turbines for ScottishPower Renewables’ has £6.5 billion East Anglia Hub offshore wind programme.The two companies worked together to deliver the East Anglia ONE offshore windfarm, which…
SSE steps up disposal of stake in gas distribution network SGN to build international renewables business
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SSE has appointed banks to review options for divestment of all or part of its stake in gas distribution network SGN and will decide on an approach and timings before the end of this financial year, it said in a…
REPORT: Energy digitalisation to be a big winner in EU’s €249B Horizon research programme
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The next EU budget will offer an “unprecedented resource opportunity for green energy and digitalisation”, with up to €249B available for climate investment, Kadri Simson, EU commissioner for Energy, told a meeting on digitalisation in the energy sector organised by…
Drax completes CCGT sale, confirms coal closure in March
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Drax Group has completed the sale of four combined cycle gas plant (CCGTs) to VPI Holding Limited for £193.3 million,. This includes £29.0 million of contingent consideration associated with the option to develop a new CCGT at Damhead Creek. Damhead…
Ofgem picks new suppliers following company failures: EDF Energy for Green Network Energy customers and British Gas for Simplicity Energy customers
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Ofgem has appointed EDF Energy as the new supplier for Green Network Energy’s 360,000 domestic customers and a small number of non-domestic customers. It has appointed British Gas Evolve, a trading name of British Gas Trading Ltd, to supply Simplicity Energy’s approximately 50,000 domestic customers.…
Climate Change and Environment gets cross-cutting scrutiny role in restructured House of Lords committees
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The House of Lords Liaison Committee has recommended setting up a new committee on the environment and climate change, to start work in April. It says “The current absence of a House of Lords committee on the environment and climate…