The High Court has quashed development consent awarded to Vattenfall’s 1.8GW Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm. The Hon Mr Justice Holgate said that the secretary of state had been wrong not to consider the cumulative effect of co-locating the onshore…
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National Infrastructure Commission calls for immediate action on infrastructure bank to crowd in green investment
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The National Infrastructure Commission has called on government to make establishing an infrastructure bank a priority in 2021. It wants to see the bank operational in an interim form this spring, so it can support infrastructure projects to help meet the…
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INTERVIEW: Sebastiaan van Dort, head of energy at BSI, says standards can underpin a more flexible and inclusive energy sector
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Sebastiaan van Dort, associate director & head of energy at BSI, says standards are the simple way to get innovation and confidence into the energy industry. And a ‘flex’ approach means standards can developn alongside their use cases A…
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WPD ‘vehicle to grid’ trial extended, British Gas joins Green Energy UK and Igloo Energy as supplier
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UPDATED: Electric Nation has anounced British Gas as the final partner in its Electric Nation vehicle to grid V2G project. It has aleady announced Igloo Energy and Green Energy UK as supplier partners, along with Flexitricity, which provides flexibility to the grid operator.…
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MPs call for lower VAT on green measures and a cross-economy carbon tax; spending watchdog wants green tax strategy
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The government should begin scoping work on a carbon tax to incentivise low-carbon changes across the whole economy, according to a new report from the Environmental Audit Committee, and investigate the merits of carbon border adjustments as one way of addressing…
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Open-source microgrid software to operate over AC and DC grids – seeks hardware partners to ensure interoperability
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LF Energy has added Sony Computer Science Laboratories to its members and launched Hyphae, a microgrid initiative to automate the peer-to-peer distribution of renewable energy. It is seeking hardware partners to collaborate to ensure the new system is entirely interoperable.…
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Texas customers face blackouts – are there lessons for the UK?
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Energy customers in Texas are facing rolling blackouts, with around 4 million currently off power. Users have been asked to cut peak demand and unprecedented actions have been seen from competitive suppliers, who have offered customers payments of up to…
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National Grid Gas fined £4M over gaps in data re users in high rise buildings that meant gas pipes went unsurveyed
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National Grid Gas plc has been fined £4M with £91,805 costs for failing to ensure its records relating to gas risers were up to date. National Grid Gas previously operated several local gas distribution networks (GDNs) supplying gas to UK…
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Cornish Metals raises £8.2M to explore mine site
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Cornish Metals expects to start drilling at its United Downs site in Cornwall in late March or early April after raising £8.2M in new shares and private investment and listing on the AIM market . The company wants to extract copper…