Anglian Water is investing in solar PV and storage to reduce its annual £77 million energy bill. Over the next 18 months, the water company will add over 30MWp of solar PV, under a 25-year PPA contract with HBS New Energies…
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Business supplier Flogas Energy to add electricity to gas offering
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Business gas supplier Flogas Energy has announced plans to move into the commercial electricity market. Flogas Energy was launched by Flogas Britain, a provider of off-grid fuels including liquefied petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas. Lee Gannon, managing director at…
JLEN acquires AD plant
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John Laing Environmental Assets Group has acquired the Merlin anaerobic digestion (AD) plant for £18.1 million. The plant is located in Hibaldstow, North Lincolnshire and was commissioned in September 2014. It has a thermal capacity of 5MWt and predominantly produces…
SSEN submits final needs case for link to Western Isles
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has asked Ofgem for conditional approval of its ‘Final Needs Case’ for a subsea cable transmission link from Western Isles to the Scottish mainland. If developers commit to new generation in the 2019 CfD auction, SSEN would…
Ofgem calls on System Operator to be proactive in helping industry evolve
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Ofgem has sounded a warning to the new Electricity System Operator (ESA), currently being spun-out of National Grid, that it expects it to be proactive in fostering transparent markets and competition in the industry. The warning came as Ofgem decided…
Uskmouth plant to be converted to burn plastic waste pellets for 20 years
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Simec Atlantis Energy is to fuel its 220MW plant in Uskmouth, Wales, with pellets made from a combination of biogenic waste and non-recyclable plastic. The pellets are supplied by Dutch manufacturer N+P Group and have an average calorific value…
Innogy sells minority stakes in Triton Knoll
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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…
Limejump enters virtual power plant into balancing market
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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…
Should the ‘market making’ obligation be suspended?
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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…
Gas pipeline break could cause industrial shutdowns and gas price shocks – but should consumers pay for a replacement? Ofgem asks for views
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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…