Funding from the EU has brought the Republic of Ireland a step closer to a direct link with the EU’s Internal Electricity Market. Irish links with the bloc are currently all indirect, as all its current interconnectors link it with…

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Ofgem has issued Delta Gas and Power, Gnergy, Robin Hood Energy and Toto Energy with final orders to compel them to make £14.7 million in outstanding payments they owe to comply with the Renewables Obligations schemes within the month. The…

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RWE has set out plans to become a carbon-neutral company by 2040. – although it said it will continue to be “a responsible producer of power from all energy sources” including gas-fired generation. It wants to reduce emissions by 70%…

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Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with UK100, a network of 94 UK mayors and council leaders, to work with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to bring together financing from local authorities, private capital and government investment…

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Shoreham power station is set to be upgraded. GE announced that Shoreham’s owner, Drax Power, has invested in its  gas turbine upgrade package for the power station near Brighton. GE will perform an enablement inspection in 2019 to allow operation…

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An energy supplier has been told by the Advertising Standards Agency not to run ads claiming to be the cheapest in the UK, partly because of the limitations of comparison sites. The ASA told Outfox The Market that it could…

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Majority public ownership in a fleet of 37 new offshore wind farms, each 1.1GW in size, with the profit recycled into new renewables and the built infrastructure: that was  the promise from shadow secrtary fo state Rebecca Long-Bailey announced at…

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National Grid ESO is set to run two tenders to procure winter reactive power services in the Mersey area. The first – short term – tender will seek offers to supply from April 2020 and will open on 14 October…

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There will be ‘more to come’ on renationalising public services in Labour’s next manifesto, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Shadow Secretary of State for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy, promised a fringe meeting on public ownership at the Labour Party Conference. “We want regional…

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Gemserv has  digitised the Smart Energy Code – the contract that sits at the heart of the smart meter roll-out. It has launched a code management platform – CodeWorks – where parties can interact with code documentation, filter for information that is relevant…

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