Argonaut Power, Ingenious’ flexible energy platform, and Northumbrian Water are to pilot the use of large scale battery storage the water company’s sites across the North East, Essex and Suffolk. The batteries are ‘second life’ li-ion units recovered from Renault…
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Electricity North West to offer DSR services to businesses with GridBeyond deal
by Annabel Andrews •
GridBeyond and Electricity North West (Construction and Maintenance) have formed a new partnership to offer enhanced Demand Side Response (DSR) and intelligent energy service technologies to business customers in the North West of England. Wayne Muncaster, UK Managing Director at…
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From New Power Report: AMP invests in standby power
by New Power •
Most of Aggregated Micro Power’s (AMP’s) business has in the past specialised in biomass boilers, and acquisitions in recent years enabled it to take charge of the supply chain for fuel, and to staff operation and maintenance for those plants.…
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National Grid Gas tries to see into future as new users test gas network operability
by New Power •
The gas system operator has asked for more information from users about gas use in future, as it tries to maintain gas pressures in the system. National Grid Gas has warned in recent ‘operability’ documents that it may not be able…
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Tempus Energy chief: Capacity Market auctions will have to be re-run
by New Power •
It is misleading for climate change minister Claire Perry to tell Capacity Market (CM) participants that payments under CM contracts will resume, according to Tempus Energy founder Sara Bell. CM contracts were suspended and payments halted after the European Court…
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Energy efficiency fund joins Stock Exchange
by New Power •
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (Seeit) has begun trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange, claiming to be the first such company to focus exclusively on energy efficiency infrastructure. On 7 December the company announced it had raised…
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Welsh government to outlaw fracking and extraction of coal bed methane
by New Power •
Fracking will not be permitted in Wales, Lesley Griffiths, cabinet secretary for energy, planning and rural affairs in the Welsh Assembly has announced. In addition, she said no new petroleum extraction licences would be granted. Wales took over petroleum licensing powers…
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One Select is latest energy company to fail
by New Power •
One Select, an energy supplier with about 36,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade and has entered the ‘supplier of last resort’ process. Ofgem will choose a new supplier to take on One Select’s customers as quickly as possible. This supplier…
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Ofgem confirms Capacity Market role for co-located storage – including mobile options
by New Power •
Ofgem has published new guidance for companies who want to add storage to renewable energy installations that are supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO) and feed-in tariff (FIT) schemes. Adding storage to such sites was not foreseen when the two…