Centrica’s Distributed Energy and Power business has launched a ‘one stop shop’ for non-domestic customers. It aims to offer a single cloud-based portal that will give businesses visibility and control of their energy estate, including proprietary products from Centrica and…
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New offshore wind arrays offer power post-2022 at £57.50/MWh
by New Power •
Three offshore wind farms with a capacity totalling 3.2GW have won agreements in the government’s latest Contracts for Difference auction. The offshore wind prices – the largest wind farms as low as £57.5/MWh – undercut observers’ expectations. Predictions were mainly…
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Shiny! Let’s investigate options before we all dash to hardware again
by New Power •
Interesting notes from the Energyst’s survey on demand side response this week. Fully 85% of organisations polled had heard of Enhanced Frequency Reserve – a rather esoteric (to non energy geeks) offer from National Grid that is provided (at the…
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Survey reveals major opportunities for demand side response
by New Power •
Three quarters of UK firms are open to providing demand-side response (DSR), according to an annual survey of 180 public and private sector organisations by The Energyst. The majority (66%) of those surveyed in Demand Side Response: Shifting the Balance…
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GFG announces plans for wind farm dedicated to supply industrial businesses
by New Power •
The GFG Alliance has announced plans for a 178MW wind farm to be developed by related company Simec Energy. The 54-turbine £170 million investment at Glenshero in the Highlands will provide power for industrial schemes such as the GFG Alliance’s…
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From New Power Report: energy issues in a switch to hydrogen gas
by New Power •
Plans for a large scale conversion of parts of the gas network are being tested by the H21 project in Leeds. But where does the hydrogen come from and how much energy is required to produce it? New Power Report…
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Logistics group Stobart will seek refunds from delayed biomass plant
by New Power •
Stobart Group will be seeking to recover costs from delayed biomass-fuelled power plants that have required less fuel than expected, it said in a trading update. The logistics group said it had developed a renewable energy fuel supply chain to…
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Electricity networks under fire over ‘excess profits’
by New Power •
The UK’s large electricity networks return a third of their revenue as profit, claims the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), and cumulatively at least half – over £5 billion – has been paid in dividends to the companies’ overseas…
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Dutch funding drives mass PV installation on UK social housing
by New Power •
Maas Capital (part of the ABN AMRO Bank) is to invest £160 million to fund the installation of solar panels from Solarplicity on affordable housing in England and Wales. Solarplicity will partner with social housing providers to install panels on…