Innovate UK has invited businesses to apply for a share of £9 million from the Energy Catalyst funding competition for projects that solve energy industry challenges. Round 4 of the competition is now open. Businesses and researchers from any sector can…
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RWE withdraws planning application for 2.4GW Tilbury C
by Annabel Andrews •
German utility RWE has withdrawn its planning application for Tilbury C, according to information published by the Planning Inspectorate on Monday. It had planned to build a new 2.4GW gas-fired power station on the site. The existing unit B, which had…
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Atlantis signs deal with infrastructure investment firm Equitix
by Annabel Andrews •
Tidal power firm Atlantis has signed a partnership deal with Equitix, a developer, investor and fund manager of infrastructure assets with over £1.7 billion of funds under management. Under this agreement, Atlantis and Equitix will work together to advance Atlantis’s portfolio of tidal…
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Ofgem gathers evidence on demand side response
by Annabel Andrews •
Energy regulator Ofgem is exploring barriers to demand side response among industrial and commercial (I&C) energy consumers in an online survey. The survey is part of the regulator’s flexibility programme, which is looking at which areas might benefit from flexibility. It is also…
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Air Products abandons plans for plasma-based energy from waste plants in Tees Valley
by New Power •
Air Products has announced it will exit its energy from waste (EfW) business, leaving the future of two projects – with 100 technical and 1500 construction jobs – in doubt. The US-based company had planned to build two 49.9MW EfW…
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Consultation launched on managing the ‘queue’ of distributed generation connections
by New Power •
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a consultation on how electricity distribution network operators (DNOs) should manage the ‘queue’ of distributed generation customers who want to connect to the network. The consultation sets out principles on which DNOs could…
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Government sets out plan to protect energy intensive industry from renewables costs
by Annabel Andrews •
The business secretary has set out details of an exemption for the steel sector and other energy intensive industries from energy costs. The exemption, first announced at Autumn Statement, will spare all energy intensive industries from paying some £390 million a year in…
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Jack of all trades: storage is being held back by its complex offering
by New Power •
The story from new mechanisms like National Grid’s Demand Side Balancing Reserve and the Capacity Market are that they welcome bids from storage. But in practice, those mechanisms have largely incentivised traditional generation instead, some of it at small scale.
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EIB loans £500m for electricity transmission network in Scottish highlands
by Annabel Andrews •
The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide £500m to support a major reinforcement of the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland to improve connections between wind, wave and tidal renewable energy schemes and the national power network.…