A development consent order has been granted for Riverside Energy Park, a mixed energy development in the London Borough of Bexley in Belvedere. The development combines: an energy from waste plant with a generating capacity of around 76MW. The site…

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Oxford City Council has taken delivery of its first electric vehicles (EVs) as part of a project taking an integrated approach to decarbonising power, heat and transport across the city, known as Energy Superhub Oxford (ESO). Six EVs have been added…

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Industry data body Electralink has launched a consultation on a new enabling service for energy flexibility service providers. To be known as Flexr, it aims to deliver improved distribution system operator (DSO) data sharing. The company says flexibility services in the…

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Startup energy supplier Neo Energy has offered new credit customers free electricity for up to two months over the summer if they sign up to the deal before the end of April. It says it will not bill customers who…

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A new social impact energy grant scheme opens today for applications. Centrica says its ‘Energy for Tomorrow’ scheme aims to support and empower entrepreneurs, particularly those from underrepresented groups, who have concepts and innovations to tackle climate change and lower energy bills…

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Legal & General Capital has acquired 36% of ground source heat pump company The Kensa Group. Legal & General said the acquisition complemented its clean energy investment portfolio, which recently included an increased stake in vehicle charging company Pod Point. It…

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Demand side flexibility (DSF) has been winning market share in National Grid ESO’s ancillary service markets, according to the Power Responsive annual report. Product evolution has seen some settle to ‘natural price points’, the system operator said, but it indicated…

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National Grid ESO wants to contract power operators who can offer so-called ‘SuperSEL’ (stable export limits) services to help it keep the grid stable at times of very low demand. It wants to know about plants’ reactive power, inertia and…

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Generating company InterGen has to pay £37,291,000 in restitution and fines after Ofgem found it had manipulated the power market during 2016. An Ofgem investigation found that InterGen made £12.8 million when its staff manipulated the market during four days…

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