More than two thirds (69%) of energy managers are not aware of energy management strategies like demand side response (DSR), according to new research commissioned by npower Business Solutions. Npower said curbing energy use and reducing energy consumption to outside peak hours…

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The European Court has annulled a 2014 European Commission decision that the UK’s Capacity Market  passes State Aid tests. The ruling follows a legal challenge submitted by demand response specialists Tempus Energy, which claimed the Capacity Market allows fossil fuels to…

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Energy supplier Spark Energy is in talks over a merger after it missed a Renewables Obligation payment of £14.4 million, due by 31 October. Chief executive Chris Gauld, who led a management buyout of the company in 2016, told the…

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Members of an influential parliamentary committee have raised fears over government’s planning for the energy industry after Brexit, raising fears that it could raise prices, damage carbon markets and damage the Single Electricity Market between Northern Ireland and the Republic…

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Across Europe, renewables represented 76% of M&A deal value (US$8.1b) and underpinned a weaker-than-expected quarter, with an overall 78% decline in deal value in Europe to US$10.1b. This figure was largely due to the $5.9b sale of 50% of the Hornsea 1…

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Iona Capital has financed the construction and operations of a new 8.8MWt anaerobic digestion plant in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The plant has pre-qualified under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The principal feedstock will be waste slurries generated from local…

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Gresham House has raised £100 million to drive its energy storage fund onto the London Stock Exchange, reports Solar Power Portal - half its £200 million target. Gore Street Capital raising £30.6 million in May against its target of £100 million. The…

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UK technology company Sunstone, has raised £592,000 from over 450 investors via crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Its target was £500,000. Sunstone has developed solar powered products that provide surveillance, wireless networks and satellite communications to sites around the world. Paul Schelhaas, co-founder and…

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SP Energy Networks’ £20m Green Economy Fund today awarded funding to thirteen Scottish low-carbon transport and heating projects. The fund, established earlier this year by the electricity network operator, supports the green targets of the Scottish government to boost local…

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Plans for a new nuclear power plant at Wylfa in Anglesey, Wales, have taken a step forward as the new transmission line for the project has been accepted for examination by National Infrastructure Planning. The planning body has begun registering ‘interested…

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