Next Energy Solar Fund (NESF), a specialist investment company for UK solar power plants, has acquired ten operating solar plants with a total installed capacity of 66.8MWp. All ten assets were connected to grid between 2012 and 2014 with subsidies,…
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Consumer views sought on plans publicly-owned energy company in Scotland
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The public and other stakeholders have been invited by Holyrood’s Economy, Jobs and Fair Work committee to give their views on the feasibility of a not-for-profit, publicly owned energy company. Issues being considered include whether such a company will reduce costs for…
‘Road to zero’ electric vehicle strategy: the industry responds
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The government’s “Road to zero”, says that by 2030 at least half of new cars and 40% of new vans sold in the UK must be ultra low emission — defined as emitting less than 50g of carbon per kilometre…
System stability fears will require changes at 50,000 distributed generation plants
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Up to 50,000 distributed generators, who operate small plant less than 5MW in capacity, will have to make changes to plant operation to stop faults propagating across the electricity system and causing local blackouts. A consultation on how to implement…
Funding sought for fast-charging ‘petrol stations’ for electric vehicles
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Gridserve has announced plans to roll out a UK-wide network of ‘electric forecourts’. It wants to “offer significantly more high-power charging points than are currently available at most UK petrol stations”. It is currently raising capital from investors in its first round of…
Community energy company makes acquisition in Cornwall
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Community-owned energy co-operative Community Power Cornwall has acquired wholly owned subsidiary West Country Renewables for £1.34 million. It said this is the first time a Cornish community energy society has bought an existing company and claimed assets being transferred from private…
Ingenious-backed company offers on-site power to beat rising ‘brownout’ fears
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Argonaut Power and Powerstar have announced plans to provide fully-funded battery storage and on-site renewable generation for commercial and industrial customers. The aim is to enable customers to decrease their bills through the reduction of grid charges, to improve business…
Neuconnect takes forward plans for Germany-GB Interconnector
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Neuconnect Britain has applied for an interconnector licence for a direct link between GB and Germany. The 1,400MW HVDC connection will comprise two submarine cables totalling around 670km and has a connection agreement at Greystones on the Yorkshire coast (for the GB end)…
More customers stuck with meters that turn dumb on switching as ‘fully smart’ meters delayed until December
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Energy suppliers will get two more months until they have to stop rolling out early-version (‘Smets 1′) smart meters and have to install fully functional (‘Smets 2′) meters instead. A consultation from BEIS proposes extending the deadline from 5 October to 5 December, with derogations until…
New portal links renewable energy assets with corporate buyers
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Renewable energy strategy consultancy Almach has launched an online renewable energy procurement platform. The RE-search portal links large corporate energy users with renewable project owners and developers. It offers a procurement tool that identifies and secures long-term renewable energy supply via corporate…