A project to develop a thermal energy storage system run by AMP Clean Energy and the University of Birmingham has been awarded funding from Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. The organisations are working to develop real-life applications using novel ‘phase-change…

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ESB’s plans to transition from burning peat in three power stations in the Midlands region of the Republic of Ireland to fuelling them with biomass are in disarray,  after the country’s independent planning agency An Bord Pleanála (ABP)  rejected proposals…

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Bristol Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Thrive Renewables for 3.55MW of electricity from two onshore wind turbines. The two PPAs are for electricity generated by Thrive’s 2.75MW wind turbine at Ness Point, in Suffolk (and England’s most easterly…

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Water regulator Ofwat wants to hear evidence from energy companies, among other water users, on proposals to introduce bilateral trading of water. The Water Act 2014 allowed for upstream competition, with the aim of encouraging new entrants to offer alternative…

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Up to 1,000 electric vehicle owners will be offered financial incentives to charge their vehicle off-peak in a new trial of a market-led approach to smart charging. UK Power Networks has launched the trial, called Shift. It aims to develop a large-scale,…

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No matter what happens with Brexit, the UK will soon have change at the top: at least a change of leadership for the Conservatives, and possibly a general election with the potential for a change of government. Times are changing…

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“Further change is needed to deliver an energy system fit for the future”, BEIS and Ofgem have told energy networks, in a letter asking them to go further and faster in accomodating distributed and flexible energy assets and promoting new…

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Developing a framework that would allow new nuclear to be delivered under a regulated asset base (RAB) financing model is a key task for Ofgem in the period to 2023, the regulator has said. Government is expected to publish a consultation…

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Regulators in the energy, water, telecoms and financial service sectors take different and often inconsistent approaches to tackling consumer issues and have not made enough progress in working together, according to a new report from the Public Accounts Committee. What…

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National Grid ESO should procure 300MW of generation capacity in a ‘T-1′ Capacity Market auction for delivery in the winter of 2020/21, BEIS has said, although capacity estimates say it is not required. BEIS has been more cautious than the…

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