Warrington Borough Council has announced plans to acquire two new large solar farms that will supply the power used by the council for decades and gain income from providing grid services. The assets are a 34.7MWp hybrid solar farm plus 27MW…

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Ovo has announced plans to unlock the flexibility of the UK’s million homes with electric storage heaters, in a partnership between its intelligent grid technology company Kaluza and Glen Dimplex Heating and Ventilation, which has a 90% share of the UK electric storage heating…

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The European Commission has approved RWE’s acquisition of E.On’s renewable and nuclear electricity generation assets. The Commission concluded that the transaction would raise no competition concerns in the European Economic Area. But in the UK the Competition and Markets Authority…

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Shell is to acquire flexibility provider Limejump. The companies said the deal will allow “both companies to continue to take steps to support the UK energy system’s transition to a lower carbon future”. Erik Nygard, chief executive of Limejump, said…

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Community energy groups are struggling to develop viable projects, groups involved in the sector have warned. In 2014, the government’s community energy strategy imagined that one million homes would be powered by community energy schemes by 2020, but only 67,000…

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ScottishPower has set out plans for £2 billion of investment in the UK in 2019.   Plans include a 50MW battery storage project at Whitelee, the UK’s largest onshore windfarm, said to be  the first of a series of storage schemes. ScottishPower also plans to develop…

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Assel Valley Community Renewables Society is planning a share offer with the aim of raising £1,000,000  to enable people to own a stake in the Assel Valley wind farm near Girvan, in Ayrshire. Assel Valley is working with  social enterprise Energy4All to increase…

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BEIS has opened a competition for projects apply for £4.4 million in funding for smart energy projects. Applicants must develop and trial innovative products and services to deliver additional energy savings in homes through the use of smart meter data.…

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The European Commission has decided it must carry out an in-depth investigation to determine whether the Capacity Market scheme is in line with EU State Aid rules. The CM was suspended in November, when the European Court decided that in the original State Aid…

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UK Power Networks is committing £12 million in funding across 28 locations in southeast and east  England to start a new market for energy resources to sell flexibility services to network operators and lower costs to customers. The company will…

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