EDF Energy and UK Power Reserve, part of the Sembcorp Group, have completed the first transfer of a Capacity Market obligation using a trading platform built by Electron and underpinned by blockchain. Electron said that trades can take up to…
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First grid-scale battery opened in Scotland
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The first utility-scale battery facility in Scotland has been commissioned. The 20MW Broxburn Energy Storage installation was built and managed by RES and owned by The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG). Livingston-based NRS Group were the main civils contractor during the £1.5…
Innovation ‘sandbox’ finds most ideas need more help, not regulation change
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The outcome of Ofgem’s first ‘regulatory sandbox’ suggests there could be more energy innovation within current regulatory arrangements – but innovators need help to navigate complex arrangements. In a report on the sandbox, which allows the regulator to grant temporary…
Ofgem wants action over industry’s poor customer data
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Ofgem has written to network companies, suppliers and metering companies to warn them to take action to improve the quality of the data they hold on customers. The regulator said, “Poor quality data has repeatedly been identified as a risk…
Northern Powergrid investigates mobile electric storage vehicle to provide electricity during power cuts
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Northern Powergrid are working with Hyperdrive and Offgrid Energy are developing an electric response vehicle with an onboard energy storage system (ESS) to supply homes with power during power cuts, instead of the diesel-powered generators. Dubbed the Silent Power Project, the…
Business groups urge government to accelerate transition to zero emission vehicles
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The CBI and the Aldersgate Group have both urged the government to go further to create the demand and infrastructure to support a zero emission road network. Commenting on the same day Theresa May announced £106m for R&D in green vehicles,…
Statkraft enters Republic of Ireland power market
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Statkraft has entered the Irish power market. It has been granted a supply licence in the Republic of Ireland and has successfully concluded a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Castledockrell, a 41.4MW wind farm. The timing coincides with the new…
Ofgem sets out proposed price cap to save consumers £1 billion
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Ofgem has proposed price caps that it says would save the average household on a default tariff £75 per year. “In total, the price cap would save consumers around £1 billion,” said the regulator. It believes companies who serve the…
Ørsted celebrates opening of Walney Extension
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Ørsted has announced the opening of the 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm – currently the world’s largest. The site comprises 40 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines and 47 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines, covering an area of 145km2 in the Irish…
UK and EU businesses call for Brexit agreement to enshrine partnership on energy and climate
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A coalition of UK and EU organisations has written to Theresa May and EU president Jean-Claude Juncker to plead for a comprehensive joint plan to work together on energy and climate after Brexit. The organisations want the EU and UK to…