Crown Estate Scotland has sought comment on new proposals to lease the seabed, to encourage a new generation of offshore wind projects in Scottish waters. The paper outlines a provisional design for a complete leasing package. Crown Estate Scotland said…
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Drax to trial carbon capture solvent designed for biomass flue gases
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Drax has announced plans to pilot a bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project. Unlike previous CCS projects Drax has been involved with, this is an early pilot for a new technology. It will examine the potential of a new form…
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E.On set to offer PV packages in GB
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E.On is preparing to launch its ‘Sunroof’ collaboration with Google in Great Britain. E.On will offer its customers a digital assessment of the PV potential of their homes, free of charge and personally tailored. Sunroof combines technologies such as Google Earth…
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Lords committee wants answers from government over Euratom replacement
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Lord Teverson, chair of the European Union Energy and Environment Sub-Committee, has asked for urgent reassurance from the government that it will be able to take responsibility for the UK’s nuclear safeguards from 30 March next year when the UK…
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Lloyds offers small businesses Hinkley Point C support
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Lloyds Bank has announced a £100 million fund to provide discounted lending for small businesses so they can bid for supply chain opportunities at Hinkley Point C. Small business customers can apply to the fund which will waive arrangement fees on lending directly…
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Capacity Market ‘shares CfD auction flaw’, says Inenco
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The Capacity Market’s ‘pay as clear’ auction format means consumers end up over-paying for the plant secured, according to Inenco. The company made the claim in response to a National Audit Office finding that consumers would over pay by £100…
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Green finance collapses: government must act now to plug growing gap, says EAC
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There has been a “dramatic and worrying collapse” in low-carbon investment since 201, says the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), and it threatens the UK’s ability to meet carbon targets. The Committee said the government must “urgently plug the policy gap”.…
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PAC hits out at BEIS over RHI’s ‘woefully low’ take-up and lack of financial and air pollution controls
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There has been “woefully low” takeup of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme run by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), says the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), and it has failed to provide value for money by…
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Anesco to step up battery investment
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Anesco is on track to more than quadruple its operational battery portfolio by 2020. The company claims a 22% share of all operational utility scale storage units in the UK and 47% of the non-EFR capacity. Now it plans to reach…