Belgian offshore construction specialist DEME Group has agreed to buy a 2 per cent stake in Tidal Power Scotland, the Scottish tidal development company owned by Atlantis Resources, for £2m cash consideration. As part of the transaction, Atlantis and the…
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Ofgem opens tender pre qualification for Burbo Bank Extension Ofto
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Ofgem has started the tender process for Offshore Transmission Owner (OFTO) Tender Round Four (TR4). The bidding process will decide who owns the transmission assets of the258MW Burbo Bank Extension wind farm. Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm will be 32 8MW…
Ofgem gathers evidence on demand side response
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Energy regulator Ofgem is exploring barriers to demand side response among industrial and commercial (I&C) energy consumers in an online survey. The survey is part of the regulator’s flexibility programme, which is looking at which areas might benefit from flexibility. It is also…
Air Products abandons plans for plasma-based energy from waste plants in Tees Valley
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Air Products has announced it will exit its energy from waste (EfW) business, leaving the future of two projects – with 100 technical and 1500 construction jobs – in doubt. The US-based company had planned to build two 49.9MW EfW…
Consultation launched on managing the ‘queue’ of distributed generation connections
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The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a consultation on how electricity distribution network operators (DNOs) should manage the ‘queue’ of distributed generation customers who want to connect to the network. The consultation sets out principles on which DNOs could…
Government sets out plan to protect energy intensive industry from renewables costs
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The business secretary has set out details of an exemption for the steel sector and other energy intensive industries from energy costs. The exemption, first announced at Autumn Statement, will spare all energy intensive industries from paying some £390 million a year in…
EIB loans £500m for electricity transmission network in Scottish highlands
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The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide £500m to support a major reinforcement of the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland to improve connections between wind, wave and tidal renewable energy schemes and the national power network.…
Fiddler’s Ferry gets stay of execution
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Three units at SSE’s Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired station will remain operable for another year and could be retained until 2017/18, SSE has announced. The stay of execution has come after one of the three remaining units won a one-year contract…
Coal generation: Longannet closes, Uskmouth re-opens
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Coal-fired power generation ends today in Scotland with the closure of Longannet power station, which is due to finish producing power at 3pm. At 2400MW, the plant – now owned by Scottish Power and ultimately Iberdrola – was Scotland’s biggest…
National Grid pays out £3 million after failing to meet gas network repair targets
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National Grid has agreed with Ofgem to pay out £3 million to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) after failing to meet the target for repairing non-urgent gas escapes on its gas distribution networks. Ofgem has also cut the…