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Shell Energy acquires Green Star supply business

Canada-based Just Energy Group has sold its UK operation, Hudson Energy Supply UK, to Shell Energy Retail. Hudson UK supplies around 200,000 UK residential customers with gas and 100% renewable electricity through its residential trading arm, Green Star Energy. It also…

Kiwi Power takes on management for 15MW battery

KiWi Power has won a contract with specialist fund manager Gresham House New Energy to operate and optimise its Lockleaze 15MW battery on the outskirts of Bristol. The site is expected to go live this month (October). The addition will…

Consumers to take more risk on new interconnectors

Two interconnector operators may receive ‘floor’ payments even when they do not meet the minimum levels of availability, under changes in regime planned by Ofgem. The regulator is minded to make changes in the interconnector ‘cap and floor’ regime that…

Solar farms face second ‘ride through’ upgrade

The UK’s solar farms may require additional  upgrades to ensure they can ‘ride through’ system faults, instead of acting in a way that exacerbates the system fault, as happened during August’s blackout. The upgrade would require a change to inverter…

Foresight picks up two wind farms

Foresight has acquired two wind farms, Gruig and Todmorden, with an aggregate generating capacity of 37.5MW from Glennmont Partners. Gruig is a 10 turbine, 25MW, NIROC-accredited wind farm located near Ballymena in Northern Ireland operating since 2009.  Todmorden is a five-turbine, 12.5MW, ROC-accredited…