Two existing UK combined cycle gas-fired power stations are to be upgraded. The plants at Enfield (400MW) and Grain (1200MW) are owned by Uniper, the company formed to hold E.On’s traditional generating assets. The upgrade will add around 4% to…
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Centrica announces £19m programme to trial local energy market in Cornwall
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Centrica is to run a £19m programme in Cornwall to trial a local energy market. The project will test the use of flexible demand, generation and storage, and reward local people and businesses for being more flexible with their energy. Over the…
WPD seeks to offer cost-sharing on reinforcement costs for new generation
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New generation connecting to the distribution network in WPD’s service areas could avoid a charging lottery over the cost of upgrading the network, if the regulator Ofgem agrees to a trial. Instead, costs may be shared out pro-rata between a…
Ofgem gives go ahead to six innovative network projects
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Six new projects have been allowed funding through Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition (NIC), including testing how ‘greener’ gas can be used on a university’s gas grid in Staffordshire, and examining how advanced software can help make more efficient use of locally-connected…
Scottish government grants consent to pumped storage hydro at Glenmuckloch
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A plan to create an energy park at the former Glenmuckloch open cast coal mine in Dumfries and Galloway took a significant step forward today when the Scottish government gave consent for a pumped storage hydro scheme of up to 400MW…
Get your views in on energy strategy for the north of England
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The Northern Energy Taskforce is seeking views on how to develop the low carbon energy sector in the north of England. The energy sector in the north generates £3.644 billion in GVA and supports around 28,000 jobs, with a…
Smaller businesses get chance to demonstrate technology on offshore turbine
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The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) has today announced that it will run a competition for smaller businesses to gain access to its 7MW Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine to prove and commercialise innovative new sensing technologies. In a…
Take a ‘cross sectoral’ view of infrastructure, says Armitt
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Government has to come to terms with the ‘cross-sectoral’ nature of infrastructure investment, Sir John Armitt, deputy head of the National Infrastructure Commission, told Waterfront’s conference on Meeting the UK’s Infrastructure Needs. Speaking just ahead of the Autumn Statement, he…
GB Energy Supply ceases trading – Co-Operative Energy to take on customers
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Small supplier GB Energy Supply has ceased trading. Ofgem has appointed Co-Operative Energy to take on GB Energy’s customers after a competitive process. Subscribers: login to read our interview with Co-operative Energy chief Ramsay Dunning and Robin Hood Energy’s Jo…
Irish Republic, Northern Ireland, set to delay start of revised electricity market
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The ‘go-live’ date for a new Single Electricity Market (SEM) across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, dubbed I-SEM, could be delayed by eight month st May 2018. The existing SEM is being ‘rebuilt’ so it is consistent with…