TV and radio advertisements from SmartEnergyGB that claimed smart meters would help users save energy are not misleading, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has decided. The advertisements said smart meters were “…helping you save on your bills too” and “…her smart meter…
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BritNed interconnector expected to be out of action until 22 April; cable fault blamed
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BritNed, a 1GW interconnector linking GB with the Netherlands, is out of action. The cable was said by its owner to have experienced an unplanned outage starting at 6.36 Central European Time on 9 March. The company added, “Current indications…
APPG report call for government: collect Net Zero data and set targets centrally, deliver locally
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The government should collect granular energy data and make it available to local authorities so they can take a leading role in delivering a Net Zero economy, according to a new report from The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (PGES),…
Foresight Solar to enter storage market, plans £100M investment in co-located PV + battery on existing and greenfield sites
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Foresight Solar Fund is to add co-located battery storage to some of its UK operating PV sites and look for new combined sites, in a change of investment strategy. The fund said it had identified “several sites with available land…
Flow battery developer Invinity upscales manufacturing capacity, starts project delivery for 5MWh unit in Oxford
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Long-duration storage developer Invinity says it has doubled stack manufacturing capacity for its vanadium flow batteries at its Bathgate, UK and Vancouver, Canada, sites since December 2020 and plans to double it again by April. In a trading update, it…
Distributed generation forced to provide Balancing Market data to join Capacity Market in future – respond to consultation
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Distributed generation will have to be registered to take part in Balancing Market (BM) in order to take part in the Capacity Market, under new proposals from BEIS, and notify the system operator of plant ‘market position’ in every half-hour…
Shell backs up fast-charging with forecourt battery that will also become part of a virtual power plant
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Shell is expanding its reach into the smart power space. In February it announced the acquisition of virtual power plant (VPP) operator Next Kraftwerke, which remotely connects and manages over 10,000 decentralised energy units across Germany, Belgium, Austria, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy. Now…
Industry settlements under strain as 13 companies attract ‘special focus’ over demand estimation accuracy
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Balancing and settlement company Elexon has said that 13 domestic energy supply companies are under ‘special ficus’ to ensure their estimates of customer usage remain within accuracy limits. Accuracy has been affected during Covid, for example because companies were unable to…
Mitsubishi + Chubu Electric consortium wins right to own and operate Hornsea One offshore wind connection
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Diamond Transmission Partners is to pay £1.175B for a 25-year licence to own and operate the transmission line connecting Hornsea One to the onshore network. The company is a consortium comprising Mitsubishi Corporation and Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power. Hornsea One wind farm…
UPDATED: Nine networks appeal price determinations
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The CMA has set the headline rate of return for water companies at 3.2%, compared with 4.67% in the previous price control period, approximately 3.6% proposed by the water companies and 2.96% proposed by Ofwat. The CMA said it had also provided increased allowances to pay for…