Origami has raised £20.5M of new funding to help grow its trading and automation software business. The software provides power traders with real-time data and machine-learning decision-support tools to reduce risk, improve visibility and capture value opportunities within new and…
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New UK weather dataset allows organisations to improve modelling of extreme events to improve energy resilience
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A new set of data that will make it easier for power sector organisations to model and research extreme weather events in the UK has been made available to researchers. The Adverse Weather Scenarios for Future Electricity Systems project offers…
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Partial solar eclipse is likely to see little change in supply, as other activities are interrupted to observe the event during PV generation dip
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A partial solar eclipse on Thursday will likely cause a temporary change in electricity supply on the transmission system of about 600MW, or 3% of the total, according to system operator NGESO. Working on the experience of previous eclipses, it…
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Ecotricity promises to bring forward solar and battery projects as it sells Electric Highway to Gridserve
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Gridserve has acquired all of Ecotricity’s electric vehicle charging network Electric Highway. Gridserve took 25% of Electric Highway in March, promising to replace existing chargers will be replaced with new technology, doubling the capacity. It said it would offer three…
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Open up smart gas and electricity meter data or risk ‘flying blind’ into the energy transition: group on public interest calls for ‘bolder steps’
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It should be possible to use the data from millions of smart meters already installed in homes and small businesses to support public policy making and practice. But there are important gaps in making that possible – and perhaps the…
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New research: majority of homeowners support or are indifferent to domestic gas price rises, but want fuel poverty support
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Nearly a quarter of customers (23%) would be more likely to vote for a government that increased the price of gas for domestic heating and it would make no difference for 37% of respondents, according to new research by the…
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Drax joins with Bechtel to seek bioenergy CCS projects in Europe and America
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Drax has joined with engineering, construction and project management company Bechtel to identify opportunities to construct new ‘bioenergy with carbon capture and storage’ power plants globally. Bechtel said it will focus its study on “strategically important regions” including North America…
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Dungeness B nuclear power plant will not restart, defuelling to begin immediately, says EDF
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Dungeness B nuclear power station in Kent has closed and EDF said it has decided to move into the defuelling phase with immediate effect. The station has been in an extended outage since September 2018. EDF said it has been…
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DIGITAL WEEK: suppliers told to complete smart meter rollout by mid 2025
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Recently Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) announced it will use ‘near real-time’ data to respond to power interruptions (see below). It said that a million of its customers now have smart meters and the Department for Business, Energy and…