Innogy Renewables UK has announced plans to sell 41% of its Triton Knoll offshore wind farm. It will sell 25% to JElectric Power Development of Japan (operating under the name J-Power), through its subsidiaryJP Renewable Europe Company, and 16% to…

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Limejump’s ‘virtual power plant’ (VPP), has gone live on the Balancing Mechanism (BM) market – the first time an aggregated unit has been admitted to the balancing market. Previously,  the BM has largely been the domain of large power plants and specific…

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Ofgem wants industry views on whether to suspend the obligation on major energy companies to ‘market make’ – ie guarantee to offer prices to companies seeking to buy or sell power in the marketplace. Ofgem had already begin to review…

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What’s the biggest risk to the UK’s gas supply? Arguments abound: over whether exposure to the diversity of a global LNG market is more resilient than when we relied on our own continental shelf; over how Brexit will affect imports…

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How can unsubsidised renewables and hybrid projects be included in the Capacity Market (CM)? A new consultation from BEIS seeks ways to achieve that aim in time to include them in the CM auction at the end of 2019. The change…

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Thrive Energy is to provide 0.8MW of renewable wind power to Bristol Energy, the two Bristol-based companies have announced today. The deal follows a similar agreement for hydropower in winter 2017. Bristol Energy has purchased the renewable electricity produced by Thrive’s Clayfords single-turbine wind site near Strichen…

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Ofgem has raised the price cap by £47/year for dual fuel customers, saying that wholesale gas and electricity costs have risen since the level was last updated in February. “This is mostly due to the global rise in oil prices feeding…

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Next Energy Solar Fund has acquired  two portfolios of operating rooftop solar consisting of 282 assets, an overall installed capacity of 1.15MW. The first portfolio consists of 63 rooftop solar assets, seven of which are commercial and the remaining residential.…

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Centrica Innovations has announced a major investment in Driivz, an Israeli company offering end-to-end software solutions for electric vehicle (EV) charging. Centrica Innovations is integrating the Driivz platform into a new intelligent EV charging service offer for businesses from Centrica Electric…

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UK infrastructure investor Equitix is to acquire a portfolio of social infrastructure and renewable assets from NIBC Infrastructure Partners. The portfolio includes 13 assets in the UK and Europe and, subject to closing conditions, will be acquired in a single transaction.…

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