The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to determine whether France broke State Aid rules when it brokered a €4 billion bailout for Areva, the company due to supply the reactor for EDF’s Hinkley Point C project. Areva is…
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Consents quashed for 2.3GW of Scottish offshore wind after RSPB challenge
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Wind farms off the Scottish shore totalling 2.3GW have had their planning consents quashed by the Edinburgh Court of Session. RSPB Scotland took the consents to judicial review, arguing that the effects of the wind farms on bird life had…
Industrial users should be able to sell DSR directly to wholesale market, report says
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Nearly 10GW of business-led demand-side response (DSR) could be released in the UK if regulation changed to make it easier for flexible business energy users to sell their demand reduction, a report from the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has…
Scottish energy minister concerned by decision to scrap Decc
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The Scottish energy minister Paul Wheelhouse has called for urgent talks with the UK Government following the Teresa May’s decision to axe Whitehall’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc). The Scottish government said the decision has “led to concerns…
Decc scrapped in favour of Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in May’s cabinet overhaul
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New prime minister Teresa May has scrapped the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) and placed the energy sector under the purview of the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, headed by Greg Clark. It’s not yet clear where…
Green gas grid cheaper than other decarbonised heat scenarios, report finds
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Gas and electricity policy decisions need to be firmed up ahead of the next RIIO network price controls, due to the long term nature of network investments. Adapting the existing gas network to hydrogen or biogas is the cheapest way…
From the archive: Heat and transport will make the UK miss its decarbonisation targets, says UK Energy Research Centre chairman
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This article first appeared in the June issue of New Power Report. Not a subscriber? To see if you qualify for our next FREE TRIAL send your name, job title, and telephone number to [email protected] Keith MacLean, chairman of the…
Further delay to Moorside nuclear plant licence
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The target date for licensing the design for the Moorside new nuclear plant has been delayed a second time, to March 2017, and the schedule “remains challenging”, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said in a regular licensing update. The…
Urgent action needed to address climate risks to infrastructure and networks, government advisers warn
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More action is needed to combat risks of cascading infrastructure failures across interdependent networks, according to the latest report from the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, the statutory body appointed to advise the government on climate change.…
Report suggests converting gas grid to hydrogen network
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A new report has sets out how the gas grid could be converted to hydrogen. The H21 Leeds City Gate report suggests that converting the Leeds gas network should be a first step towards a UK-wide conversion, which could reduce…