There could be at least 13% more households with electric vehicles and solar panels on the low voltage electricity network than previously thought. This was revealed in the Low Carbon Technologies (LCT) Detection Project, led by ElectraLink in partnership with IBM and funded…
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SSE to close one of four units at Fiddler’s Ferry
by New Power •
SSE is to close a 485MW coal-fired generating unit, one of four at its Fiddler’s Ferry site near Warrington, Cheshire. The closure will reduce the site capacity from 1995MW to 1510MW. But the site has only 1,455MW of booked Transmission Entry Capacity (i.e.…
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Coal mine permit raises opposition
by New Power •
Cumbria County Council has granted planning approval to West Cumbria Mining (WCM) to develop a new underground coal mine, located on a brownfield site, to the south west of Whitehaven in West Cumbria. The site will be known as Woodhouse…
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Interested party? Respond to Capacity Market challenge
by New Power •
Interested parties have until 27 March to act, if they want to make representations in judicial review proceedings raised by Tempus over BEIS’s actions over the Capacity Market. BEIS said Tempus has identified 304 businesses as being directly affected by the…
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From New Power Report: what’s the direction of travel on heat?
by New Power •
As the future of domestic heat in GB comes to the top of the agenda, New Power took a look at some new trends. Download full article here New Power March 2019 Future of heat article …
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Sector deals get qualified support from BEIS select committee
by New Power •
The government should make clearer its criteria for agreeing ‘sector deals’ for industrial support and ensure they are set up with the support of the entire sector, MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have warned, and it…
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Ofgem gives the nod to Shetland link, aims to reduce costs with ‘competition proxy’
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Ofgem is ‘minded to’ give the go-ahead to plans for a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland to export power from wind farms. But the regulator is consulting on making approval conditional on a Contract for Difference (CfD) being awarded to the Viking Energy wind…
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Tram contract win for Robin Hood Energy
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Robin Hood Energy has won a “multi-million pound” contract to supply 100% green electricity to power the tram network in Nottingham. NET operator Nottingham Trams’ supply will move from a ‘big six’ energy provider to Robin Hood Energy from 1…
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Engie disposal and acquisition continues flexible low-carbon transition
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Engie has acquired Tiko, a Swiss startup whose technology connects electrical equipment (water heaters, heat pumps, solar panels, batteries, electrical outlets etc.) to a platform and makes them controllable. Users can participate in schemes to aggregate connected homes and offer flexible energy consumption, generation…