A company that supplies back-up generators says it has seen a 35% increase in inquiries from companies who fear that they will face power cuts this winter. Finning, which distributes Cat power systems in the UK and Ireland, said the…
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Shell Energy Retail makes £536,970 redress after overcharging prepayment customers £106,000
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Shell Energy Retail Limited will pay £400,000 to Ofgem’s voluntary consumer redress fund and £30,970 in goodwill payments to customers, after it overcharged prepayment customers on its default tariffs. It will refund and compensate the 11,275 customer accounts affected, totalling…
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Moixa acquired by US-based Lunar Energy
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Domestic energy storage and flexibility comoany Moixa has been acquired by Lunar Energy a US company founded in 2020 to develop all-electric homes. Moixa founder Simon Daniel said the two companies had been working closely over the past year and…
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Ofgem ‘cannot expect environment NGOs to do its job’ says Sustainability First, as it calls out regulator’s failing on vulnerable customers
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Ofgem cannot expect environmental NGOs to do its job in holding electricity distribution network operators (DNOs) to account on their environmental performance, warned Sustainability First (SF) in its response to Ofgem’s consultation on DNO draft determinations. The group said simple…
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SSEN offers £500 ‘signing on’ bonus to flexibility providers stepping up by 30 November
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution wants more flexibility service providers on its system and has offered £500 to any flexibility provider who pre-qualifies on its Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) before 30 November and meets eligibility criteria. The pre-qualification…
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‘Vehicle to grid’ trial demonstrates Balancing Market potential
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Tests by Octopus Energy Group and National Grid ESO have demonstrated the potential benefit of vehicle-to-grid charging, as power from 20 electric vehicles were used to help balance the GB electricity system in real time. This is the first time…
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‘Biogas to power’ project changes hands
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Palisade Real Assets has acquired 100% of Malaby Biogas Limited in Warminster, Wiltshire. Malaby has been operating since 2012, processes up to 600t of organic waste per week and provides around 2,500 houses with renewable power. It was the first…
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Scottish wind farm project adds nature trail
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RES has included plans for a walking and cycling route called ‘Keirs Glen Trail’ in its planning application to the Scottish Government’s Energy Consents Unit for the Sclenteuch wind farm. The nine turbine wind farm, 3km southwest of Patna in…
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Leeds council leads study into heat pump deployment in mixed urban areas
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Leeds City Council is leading a feasibility study into an innovative methodology for deploying high-density domestic heat pumps in urban communities, in line with the UK Government’s ambition of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028. The Heat Pump…