Cumbria County Council has granted planning approval to West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to develop a new underground coal mine, located on a brownfield site, to the south west of Whitehaven in West Cumbria. The site will be known as Woodhouse…
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Interested party? Respond to Capacity Market challenge
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Interested parties have until 27 March to act, if they want to make representations in judicial review proceedings raised by Tempus over BEIS’s actions over the Capacity Market. BEIS said Tempus has identified 304 businesses as being directly affected by the…
Sector deals get qualified support from BEIS select committee
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The government should make clearer its criteria for agreeing ‘sector deals’ for industrial support and ensure they are set up with the support of the entire sector, MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have warned, and it…
Ofgem gives the nod to Shetland link, aims to reduce costs with ‘competition proxy’
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Ofgem is ‘minded to’ give the go-ahead to plans for a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland to export power from wind farms. But the regulator is consulting on making approval conditional on a Contract for Difference (CfD) being awarded to the Viking Energy wind…
Tram contract win for Robin Hood Energy
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Robin Hood Energy has won a “multi-million pound” contract to supply 100% green electricity to power the tram network in Nottingham. NET operator Nottingham Trams’ supply will move from a ‘big six’ energy provider to Robin Hood Energy from 1…
Engie disposal and acquisition continues flexible low-carbon transition
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Engie has acquired Tiko, a Swiss startup whose technology connects electrical equipment (water heaters, heat pumps, solar panels, batteries, electrical outlets etc.) to a platform and makes them controllable. Users can participate in schemes to aggregate connected homes and offer flexible energy consumption, generation…
Interconnector access rules agreed to cover no-deal Brexit
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Fall-back access rules have been agreed for three electricity interconnectors linking the GB market with its continental neighbours. The rules will apply in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. There are access rules for the IFA link with France, the…
Spring Statement and low-carbon homes: the industry responds
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Barny Evans, head of energy, waste and sustainable places, WSP: “The future of homes standard announcement, due in 2025, is welcome. It builds on the Committee on Climate Change’s report which called for all new homes to be all-electric from 2025. We have…
Ovo takes stake in blockchain company Electron
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Ovo has taken a minority stake in blockchain company Electron, through its company Kaluza. Electron will use the proceeds of Kaluza’s investment to accelerate the development and deployment of its distributed flexibility marketplace. The deal is the first strategic investment for…
Brilliant Energy out of business, along with Northumbria ‘white label’ customers
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Brilliant Energy Supply Limited, an energy supplier with about 17,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade. The company’s customers, which include some supplied under a ‘white label’ arrangement with Northumbria Energy, will now enter Ofgem’s ‘supplier of last resort’ process…