Moixa chief executive Simon Daniel says the UK is ready for a large-scale roll out of domestic battery storage across the UK. He wants to deploy 1GW of aggregated capacity, via the company’s GridShare platform, by 2020. He says the UK…
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Energy accelerator funding and support up for grabs
by Annabel Andrews •
The Ignite ‘Big Energy Idea’ Accelerator Programme has opened for 2017 applications from businesses and entrepreneurs working in the energy sector this week. Successful applicants will receive a package of pre-investment support, including specialist knowledge from experts, and the opportunity…
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Opinion: Millennials are coming to the energy industry
by New Power •
Angela Peart, chief executive at Utility People, says it’s time to prepare to attact a new generation to the energy industry My experience in finding talent for the utilities industry tells me that the pool of skill is declining…
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ETI to prioritise tidal stream technology over other marine renewables
by Annabel Andrews •
The UK marine industry should focus on tidal stream technology rather than tidal lagoon or wave energy in order to compete with other low carbon sources of energy, according to the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The government also needs to…
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Private investors buy Green Deal home improvement scheme
by Annabel Andrews •
Greenstone Finance and Aurium Capital Markets have today bought the business and assets of the Green Deal Finance Company (GDFC), the body set up to manage the government’s home energy efficiency scheme. The deal included the transfer of the GDFC’s existing…
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Falck Renewables chief: ‘there has never been a better time’ to acquire UK onshore wind projects in the UK
by New Power •
The UK is set for acquisitions in its pipeline of onshore wind farm projects, despite uncertainty over Brexit and the government’s lack of support for the technology. That’s the view of Falck Renewables chief executive Toni Volpe. He told New…
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System Operator to have legal separation, specific licence, new incentive scheme
by New Power •
National Grid’s System Operator (SO) role should be clearly separated from its other activities over the next two years and become a legally separated entity, with its own licence and a different incentive framework, by 2019, according to new proposals.…
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Blog: Variable tariff customers set for spring price hikes as wholesale energy prices continue to climb
by Annabel Andrews •
It looks likely that customers on variable tariffs will see price hikes in the spring, as new analysis shows UK energy values have risen to their highest levels in 18 months, suggesting it might be a great time to switch to…
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Climate change and the connected world top global risks in 2017
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Global risks are dominated by the environment and climate change, and by the connected world and Internet of Things, according to the World Economic Forum’s annual Global Risks Report, which also named inequality among the three major risks. The WEF…