Volkswagen Group has launched a company – Elli Group, based in Berlin – that will offer electricity supply alongside and vehicle charging. Thorsten Nicklaß, designated chief executive of the new company, said it would also offer green power to customers…
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Water source heat pumps to serve district heat network
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District heat at the Queen’s Quay regeneration project in Clydebank will be supplied by a large-scale water source heat pump, engineer Vital Energi has announced. The £15 million project will provide heat for homes, businesses and public buildings including West College…
Large suppliers to be obliged to offer low-carbon export tariff for small plant
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Large suppliers will have to offer export tariffs – above zero – to small-scale low-carbon power generators with projects sized below 5MW, under new proposals launched by BEIS today. The measure aims to give small low-carbon plant a route to market…
Economy Energy joins failed supplier list
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Economy Energy has gone out of business and its 234,000 customers will be re-allocated under Ofgem’s ‘supplier of last resort’ process. Last week, Ofgem issued a provisional order to Economy Energy, which prevented the supplier from taking on new customers…
Capacity Market BSC modification to be treated as ‘urgent’
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Ofgem has agreed that industry members can treat as ‘urgent’ proposals that would allow the industry to continue to collect Capacity Market payments and hold the cash for distribution if and when the Capacity Market receives State Aid clearance from…
How much credit could wind and PV get in the Capacity Market? National Grid suggests just a few percent
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The EMR Delivery Body (a National Grid function) has published for consultation potential derating factors for wind and solar power if it were allowed to participate in the Capacity Market. The assessment, described as ‘harsh’, would credit solar PV with…
Sara Bell: Capacity Market failings are substantive
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In an open letter, Tempus Energy chief executive Sara Bell has accused energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry MP of misleading statements over the Capacity Market and its re-examination over State Aid clearance by the European Commission. Bell said…
First stand-alone battery for Ørsted
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Ørsted (previously Dong Energy) has brought into operation its first standalone battery storage project, at Carnegie Road in Liverpool. The 20MW consists of three battery containers, as well as the associated power conversion system, all supplied by NEC. The renewable…
Economy Energy banned from taking on new customers
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Ofgem has banned Economy Energy from taking on new customers, initially for three months, until it resolves its customer service issues. The provisional order against the supplier also bans it from requesting one-off payments and increasing direct debits. Ofgem says…
Consumers could have specialist EV power suppliers or buy from neighbours under proposed new rules
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Consumers could break away from having a single supplier for all their power by the start of 2020. An industry change that could take effect by then will mean customers can take some of their power from another supplier, such…