BayWa r.e. has signed 15-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for five solar parks in southern England and Wales totalling 83MWp. The contractual partner is the energy trading company Neas Energy. All five solar parks have achieved 1.3 ROC accreditation .…
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Citizens Advice welcomes May’s promise of action to help energy customers
by New Power •
Citizens Advice has welcomed prime minister Theresa May’s promise to “set the market right” in energy. Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: “The prime minister is right to call out businesses who are letting down their customers –…
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Coal to hydro storage plant takes a step foward
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Plans for a new hydro pumped storage plant making use of an abandoned opencast coal mine for its water storage took a step forward this week, when developers applied for an electricity generation licence. The planned Glen Muckloch plant, near Kirkconnel,…
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BayWa r.e sells wind farm to Octopus Investments
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BayWa r.e. has sold its 29.7MW Fraisthorpe wind farm, near Bridlington to funds managed by the UK investment fund manager Octopus Investments. This is the fifth successful wind farm sale from the BayWa r.e. portfolio to take place in the…
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CMA calls for opinions on price comparison websites
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The Competition and Markets Authority has set a 24 October deadline for submissions to its market study on data comparison tools, including price comparison websites that cover the energy industry. The CMA expects its market study into the tools to…
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Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult invites oil and gas skills base to join R&D effort
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The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a series of innovation challenges, to harness Britain’s world-leading experience in oil and gas for the growing offshore renewables market, which is set to spend £210 billion in the coming decade. The…
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Projects worth £2bn up for grabs as fifth OFTO tender round kicks off next week
by Annabel Andrews •
On October 10 Ofgem will start the fifth tender round for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs), where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms. The five links have an estimated value of £2bn in…
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WPD wants electric and hybrid vehicle users for UK’s biggest trials
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‘Electric nation’ is looking for 500-700 people buying or leasing new electric vehicles (including pure electric and plug-in hybrids) to take part in the UK’s largest electric vehicle trial. The trial aims to to ensure the UK can charge electric…
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Third domestic auto-switch service enters UK energy market
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A new energy switching service that automatically switches users to the cheapest available tariff, while constantly checking that they are on the best deal, has launched in the UK. The Intelligent Assistant compares households’ usage patterns with both established and…