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…

Read more →

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…

Read more →

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…

Read more →

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…

Read more →

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…

Read more →

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…

Read more →

Fall-back access rules have been agreed for three electricity interconnectors linking the GB market with its continental neighbours. The rules will apply in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. There are access rules for the IFA link with France, the…

Read more →