Banks Renewables has applied for judicial review of the government’s third Contracts for Difference auction, saying it discriminates in favour of offshore wind at the expense of onshore wind and other renewable energy technologies. Banks says that,  ”is against the public…

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Ofgem has asked National Grid ESO (NGESO) for an interim report on Friday 16 August, on the power outage that affected large areas during the evening rush hour last week (9 August). A final, detailed technical report must be provided to…

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The UK energy industry is undergoing huge change. In this thought leadership piece, Gemserv talks about transforming governance Earlier in this series, we outlined a Target Operating Model (TOM), with a single portal to service users’ needs. We talked about building a…

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Kiwi Power is working with the Royal Borough of Greenwich in London to trial a plan to help residents use less electricity, earn rewards and pave the way to a greener energy market. Greenwich Energy Hero is a 12-month trial…

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Ofgem is to revoke URE Energy’s licence to supply electricity after the supplier failed to meets its Renewables Obligation for 2017/18. It owed £209,013.78. The supplier did not pay into the buy-out fund by 31 August 2018, or present Renewables Obligation…

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Energy supplier Solarplicity has ceased trading, becoming the 12th energy supplier to close its doors in the last two years. After selling most of its customers to Toto (see below) the energy supplier had only around 7,500 domestic customers and fewer…

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Macquarie’s Green Investment Group is set to take  a 40% stake Scottish Power’s East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm. GIG has secured debt financing from the market to assist in funding its investment. GIG said the acquisition means it and…

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