Ofgem has fired the starting gun for a major change in the way consumers interact with their power supplier, announcing that all customers’ usage will be tracked on a half-hourly basis. It means that consumers will have the option of…
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Gresham House acquires Scottish battery storage at Byers Brae
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Battery investor Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has acquired its first operating project in Scotland. The Byers Brae project near Livingston in West Lothian was acquired from Gresham House DevCo Limited and Noriker Power Ltd, for £15.6 million (plus up to…
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E.On pays £650,000 in recompense for direct debit error affecting 1.6M customers
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E.On is to make redress of £650,000 after taking direct debits too early from 1.6 million customers. A majority of the affected payments were due to be taken in January 2021, but they were wrongly taken on 24 December 2020. This…
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Smart EV charging: government warned making smart meter DCC the only option is no way to be a global leader
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Relying on the smart meter framework and the its ‘data hub’, the DCC to manage vehicle ‘smart charging’ would be the wrong choice, and would stifle innovation and restrict the UK’s ability to be a leading global player, argues a…
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How should the national system operator work with more active distribution networks? NGESO asks for comment
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NGESO, which balances electricity supply and demand on the national high-voltage transmission network, has opened a consultaton on how it expects to work in future with distribution system operators (DSOs), who are expected to be performing similar functions on the…
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Managing is key: why EpCM is becoming an attractive alternative to EPC for waste to energy projects
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Paul Harmer, director, conventional generation, Black & Veatch Europe, explores an option that could give energy from waste developers more certainty in delivering their projects The UK’s pipeline of waste-to-energy projects is potentially very strong. “Energy from waste is…
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ACT NOW: NGESO wants new members for its ‘issue group’ on using distributed generation to help balance the system
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National Grid ESO is looking for people to join an industry group exploring the barriers that stop small distributed generators and demand side response from joining the Balancing Mechanism, which NGESO uses to ensure supply is precisely matched to demand…
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Welsh offshore wind ‘could rival ScotWInd’, MPs hear
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Offshore wind in the Celtic Sea could offer investment on a similar scale as the current ScotWind leasing round and should be taken forward to help maintain a UK pipeline of investment, according to Maf Smith, Director, Lumen Energy and Environment.…
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ABB invests in fuel cells for EV charging and data centres
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ABB has invested £3.25 million in fuel cell company AFC Energy to deliver a high power EV charging system utilising AFC Energy fuel cell technology later this year. The two companies have also announced plans to use the fuel cell…