There are just five days left to apply for this year’s Capacity Market pre-qualification process. The application window officially closes at 5pm on Friday 26 August 2016 and no submissions will be accepted after this deadline. The auctions affected by the pre-qualification window are: 2016 Four year…
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National Grid to bear £17.7 million of extra Black Start contract costs, £54 million can be recouped from customers
by New Power •
Regulator Ofgem has said National Grid must bear £17.7 million of a £113 million bill it incurred procuring so-called ‘Black Start’ services. Within that bill customers will pay an additional £54 million, above budgetted costs, because Ofgem said National Grid…
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Demand Side Response tender fails to bring forward offers for winter 2016/17
by New Power •
National Grid is talking afresh to demand side balancing reserve (DSBR) providers about how they can respond to the need for peak services this winter, after it had ‘minimal’ response to its June tender for the service to be provided…
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Removing carbon price floor would reduce imported energy by 39%, report finds
by Annabel Andrews •
Removing carbon price support after 2025 would reduce net interconnector inflows by around 39%, with France and Benelux seeing the biggest decrease, according to a new report by Aurora Energy Research. The report assessed the likely impact of removing carbon price support post-2025,…
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‘Sticky’ customer databases, white label products, and customer switching: key data questions
by New Power •
Once again customers are being urged to switch energy supplier to take advantage of the cheapest deals. It’s good advice. Switching numbers are increasing as so-called ‘white label’ brands enter the market. Some are apparently supplied by familiar names like…
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GoCompare tool lets consumers calculate household energy use by the second
by Annabel Andrews •
A new microsite created by comparison website GoCompare gives users the chance to input the number of electrical devices being used throughout their home in order to calculate, in real time, how much money they are spending on energy by…
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Energy storage firms need certainty on future frequency response capacity, SmartestEnergy says
by Annabel Andrews •
SmartestEnergy has called for the National Grid to provide more certainty on future frequency response capacity in order to drive the emerging energy storage sector. SmartestEnergy consulted 45 battery storage innovators in the lead up to the first Enhanced Frequency…
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Wales’ oldest wind farm gets consent for repower
by Annabel Andrews •
Rhyd-y-Groes Wind Farm has received planning consent from Anglesey County Council to be repowered. The current 24 turbine site, built off the north-west tip of Anglesey has been generating power for 24 years making it Wales’ oldest wind farm. Plans to replace…
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Development consent granted for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
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The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has received development consent from business and energy secretary Greg Clark. When complete, the windfarm will provide up to 1,800MW of low carbon electricity to around 1.8 million UK homes. The windfarm would create…