A project to develop a thermal energy storage system run by AMP Clean Energy and the University of Birmingham has been awarded funding from Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. The organisations are working to develop real-life applications using novel ‘phase-change…
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Conversion of peat power plants to biomass in disarray after planning rejection
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ESB’s plans to transition from burning peat in three power stations in the Midlands region of the Republic of Ireland to fuelling them with biomass are in disarray, after the country’s independent planning agency An Bord Pleanála (ABP) rejected proposals…
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Bristol Energy signs new deal with Thrive
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Bristol Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Thrive Renewables for 3.55MW of electricity from two onshore wind turbines. The two PPAs are for electricity generated by Thrive’s 2.75MW wind turbine at Ness Point, in Suffolk (and England’s most easterly…
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Water regulator seeks views on resource trading from power sector and other major abstractors
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Water regulator Ofwat wants to hear evidence from energy companies, among other water users, on proposals to introduce bilateral trading of water. The Water Act 2014 allowed for upstream competition, with the aim of encouraging new entrants to offer alternative…
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Shift: UKPN’s EV charging market trial to begin recruiting in August
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Up to 1,000 electric vehicle owners will be offered financial incentives to charge their vehicle off-peak in a new trial of a market-led approach to smart charging. UK Power Networks has launched the trial, called Shift. It aims to develop a large-scale,…
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What’s your view? Open Networks seeks feedback on register of distributed resources
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Electricity networks have asked for feedback on what is required from a ‘system wide resource register’ that will provide comprehensive information on the distributed energy resources (DER) that are connected to distribution networks. A product team has been developing options to…
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Net zero: ‘no role’ for carbon tax but local energy planning could be key for heat futures
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The UK’s new ‘Net Zero’ target has “a wonderful simplicity … because we have to decarbonise everything. There are no excuses. You have to look at every sector and find out how we are going to get the carbon out…
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What’s on the ‘wish list’ for a new energy minister?
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No matter what happens with Brexit, the UK will soon have change at the top: at least a change of leadership for the Conservatives, and possibly a general election with the potential for a change of government. Times are changing…
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Speed up new markets, networks told, as BEIS and Ofgem look for ‘tangible changes’
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“Further change is needed to deliver an energy system fit for the future”, BEIS and Ofgem have told energy networks, in a letter asking them to go further and faster in accomodating distributed and flexible energy assets and promoting new…