The opportunity to sell power direct via corporate power purchase agreements has sparked interest but one investor has warned many will fail to proceed. This is an extract of an interview with Mike Bonte-Friedheim, founding partner and group chief executive of…
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Code launched for domestic EV charge point installers
by New Power •
A new code of best practice has been launched for domestic charge point installers. The new code is based on the Renewable Energy Consumer Code for small-scale renewable technologies and it aims to reduce mis-selling and drive up installation quality The…
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Net Zero Teesside announces delivery consortium, local partners
by New Power •
BP, Eni, Equinor, Shell and Total have formed a consortium with BP as operator to accelerate the development of the Net Zero Teesside project, previously known as the Clean Gas Project. The groups will work with government and local stakeholders,…
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Drax expects to end coal burn in March 2021
by New Power •
Drax has announced that it expects to halt use of its last two coal-fired units in March 2021, although the two units will remain available until September the following year to honour the company’s Capacity Market agreements. The decision, which Drax…
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DNO flexibility markets still “too small a market size”, says Limejump CEO
by Annabel Andrews •
Erik Nygard, CEO and co-founder of energy aggregator and trader Limejump, has said the DNO flexibility market is too small for companies like his to focus on. Limejump “dabbles a little bit in DNO fexibility projects”, Nygaard said. But it’s…
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PV and battery to cut power and carbon costs at Preston waste water treatment site
by New Power •
Battery storage operator Zenobe Energy is to provide UK water company United Utilities with a 2MW battery for its Clifton Marsh wastewater treatment works in Preston, Lancashire. The battery will connect to solar panels at the site and will be fully…
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Two 50MW batteries to power Pivot Power’s first EV charging sites by year-end
by New Power •
Pivot Power has placed an order with technology group Wärtsilä for 100MW of energy storage to be sited in the UK.The contract is the first to be announced since EDF Renewables acquired Pivot Power in November 2019. Pivot Power is…
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Energy White Paper: now due ‘this year’
by New Power •
The long-promised energy White Paper has been delayed by turnover in secretaries of state at BEIS, according to comments by Dave Buttery, deputy director of energy security at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), speaking at a…
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The fifties had some good points, but do they seal the deal for hydrogen?
by New Power •
Often in discussion on the future of gas, there is talk about the role of hydrogen. Sometimes that is put forward as more or less a ‘straight swap’ from natural gas. There is a concern though: people worry about having…