Flexitricity has partnered with eight organisations across a range of sectors to trial an innovative demand side response (DSR) solution. The Quickturn project, funded by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), aims to provide an opportunity for smaller…

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The Next Generation innovation fund has opened for applications. It is lookimg for  well established and experienced community energy businesses in England who want to develop innovative business models. Projects must be complete by June 2021.  It will select five projects…

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Ofgem plans to allow Together Energy to reclaim nearly £5 million in costs it incurred when it took over failed supplier OneSelect’c customers. Together Energy was one of six companies who competed to take on the customers as part of…

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Nine projects have secured £26 million of government funding, alongside industry funds, to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the UK. The largest projects involve carbon capture from an industrial process and from bioenergy. Luke…

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The Renewable Energy Association has  launched a new paper calling for action to be taken on biomass with carbon capture and storage. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has stated that achieving net zero is not possible without greenhouse gas…

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Kibo Energy has acquired 100% of a shovel-ready reserve power generation project, Bordersley in Birmingham, from its subsidiary MED. The project is a 5MW gas-fuelled plant and is targeted for commercial commissioning end Q1 2020. This is the first reserve power…

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Plans to boost offshore wind helped the UK retain its position as the eighth most attractive destination globally for investment in renewable energy, according to the latest ‘renewable energy country attractiveness index’ (RECAI), produced by EY. China and the US…

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Offshore wind was the major growth area in The Crown Estate’s Energy, Minerals & Infrastructure sector last year. Income across the estate as a whole totalled £441 million and profit £389 million, allowing it to return £343 million to the Treasury.…

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A 40MW, £160 million, power plant fuelled with waste wood has gone into operation at Margam, near Port Talbit.  The plant is owned by Glennmont Partners. The main contractor for the project, a consortium of Babcock & Wilcox Vølund and…

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GB power customers will not be able to benefit for another year from sharing reserves with the EU’s internal energy market, it has emerged. The delay means GB customers miss out on savings of up to €13 million. The IEM’s…

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