The government has opened a new £320m fund to invest in low carbon heat networks. The first part of the fund, worth up to £39m, will be open to local authorities and public sector bodies who submit applications for their…

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The estimate for the construction cost of a new electricity link between between GB and Norway has been reduced. The new link will be owned and operated by National Grid Interconnector Holdings (NGIH) and by Statnett, the Norwegian transmission system…

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The government must publish its Emissions Reduction Plan to restore investor confidence in the energy sector, according to a new report from the influential Energy and Climate Change Committee. The report contained the committee’s concluding thoughts on its last three…

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SSE  has agreed to sell a 16.7% equity stake in Scotia Gas Networks to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), for  £621 million based on an effective economic date of 1 April 2016. SSE owns half…

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Batteries could provide almost as much storage as pumped hydro in four years time – if projects that have prequalified for the upcoming T-4 Capacity Market auction win contracts. Over 2GW of battery storage projects have prequalified to enter the…

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The government has not gone far enough to stop companies from accessing ‘double subsidy’ that allows them to undercut more beneficial technology in the Capacity Market, according to a report produced by Ecuity for UK Power Reserve. The government has…

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A celebration yesterday marked the first anniversary of community-owned renewable energy being used to treat sewage from Bodmin. Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN), South West Water (SWW) and Regen hosted the event at the 100kW solar array, which partially powers Nanstallon…

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National Grid has placed too much weight on its ‘Gone Green’ Future Energy Scenario in the way it proposes to assess where the electricity network requires immediate reinforcement, regulator Ofgem said. It has asked the System Operator to look again…

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Bristol Energy is set to add a renewable tariff to its offering. The company has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with a raft of local renewable energy sites and is looking for more. Managing director Peter Haigh told New Power…

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Ofgem has today launched its Future Insights programme with the first in a series of discussion papers exploring the transformation of the energy system over the coming decades. With the Future Insights programme, Ofgem is planning to develop a strategic…

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