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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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)…

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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…

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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…

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Marine energy developer Minesto has begun commissioning its first commercial-scale tidal energy project. Initial sea trials of the company’s DG500 tidal energy converter are taking place in Holyhead harbour and Holyhead Deep . David Collier, Minesto’s chief operating officer, said: “The commissioning…

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Robin Hood Energy has announced it has made an operating surplus in its third year of trading. The company accounts, submitted to Companies House, have been independently audited to verify a trading surplus of £202,000. This surplus will be used…

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EDF Renewables has sold a 49% stake in its wind farms to Dalmore Capital and the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (which brings together UK local authority pension schemes). The cash proceeds to EDF at close for the 49% stake are £701…

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