Ofgem wants to recruit a panel of industry experts to monitor the performance of the Electricity System Operator, now being spun out of National Grid. The regulator says, “We want to pool the knowledge and experience of a wide array…

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Banks Renewables, the renewable energy division of property and energy business the Banks Group, has completed an £82 million refinancing of seven of its existing wind farms across northern England, five of which were built using external finances and two…

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Rail freight company DB Cargo UK has signed a three-year agreement with SSE Business Energy to provide renewable electricity for DB’s rail sites and offices. SSE Business Energy will supply all sites belonging to DB Cargo UK and will allow…

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National Gas and Power Limited, a small non-domestic supplier with around 80 customers, has ceased trading. Ofgem has appointed Hudson Energy as supplier of last resort for the customers. Ofgem did not invite expressions of interest from suppliers other than Hudson Energy to become…

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Powervault has launched a new domestic battery, Powervault 3, that works with Powervault’s GridFlex software, to enable homeowners to earn an income for supporting the grid when it is under stress. Powervault won a commercial flexibility contract with UK Power Networks earlier this…

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Consumers in the Isles of Scilly will receive smart power solutions and act as a test-bed for a smart flexible power industry, in a £10.8 million project led by Hitachi Europe. The Smart Energy Islands (SEI) project, part financed by…

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided heat networks should be regulated, and recommended that new powers be given to Ofgem to take on the role. Extending Ofgem’s remit to include heat networks would require new primary legislation to be…

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The offshore wind industry has warmly welcomed plans announced by the Department for Business, Industry and industrial Strategy that Contracts for Difference auctions will be held every two years for ‘less established’ technologies – largely offshore wind and wind farms…

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Consumers may have to pay for a bigger connection to the electricity network if they want to guarantee that they can charge vehicles at peak times. That could be one outcome of a planned review of network charging announced by…

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Foresight Group has acquired an operational anaerobic digestion plant on the Isle of Wight for an undisclosed sum. The Arreton site has a CHP plant providing 250kW of electrical power generation capacity to power the facility (and related waste heat…

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