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
by New Power •
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
by New Power •
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…
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SSE and Equinor submit application for CCGT with CCS at Keadby 3
by New Power •
SSE Thermal and Equinor have submitted an application for development consent for Keadby 3, which they say could become the UK’s first power station equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. The project would be in operation by the…
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ACT NOW: BEIS opens market engagement on contract to design an alternative energy market
by New Power •
BEIS has opened early market engagement on its plans to explore new types of energy market. The department is looking at an alternative system of network and policy price signals. It wants to know what the signals might look like,…
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Glasgow depot to become charging hub for 300 buses
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Glasgow is to be the site of a charging hub that will eventually accommodate up to 300 buses, First Bus has announced. The company said it will transform its Glasgow Caledonia bus depot into the UK’s largest electric vehicle (EV)…
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Texas blackout continues to offer resilience lessons – consider the whole system
by New Power •
Among the more memorable presentations I have seen over years of energy reporting are those where the ‘whole system’ has come back to bite those who have done resilience planning that has been too tightly focused. A power plant control…
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European Court decision that saw Capacity Market suspended for a year over State Aid clearance was wrong, says appeal judge
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The European Court was wrong to uphold a challenge to the UK’s Capacity Market brought by Tempus, according to a new opinion on an appeal brought by the UK and the European Commission (along with Poland). In the original decision,…
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Octopus Renewables to acquire Scottish wind farm, considers fundraising for further acquisitions
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Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust is to acquire 100% of the rights to construct the Cumberhead Wind Farm, a 50MW onshore wind farm located in South Lanarkshire, Scotland from RDC Partners. The acquisition, for £75 million, is conditional upon achieving ready-to-build…