The target date for licensing the design for the Moorside new nuclear plant has been delayed a second time, to March 2017, and the schedule “remains challenging”, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) said in a regular licensing update. The…
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Urgent action needed to address climate risks to infrastructure and networks, government advisers warn
by Annabel Andrews •
More action is needed to combat risks of cascading infrastructure failures across interdependent networks, according to the latest report from the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change, the statutory body appointed to advise the government on climate change.…
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Report suggests converting gas grid to hydrogen network
by Annabel Andrews •
A new report has sets out how the gas grid could be converted to hydrogen. The H21 Leeds City Gate report suggests that converting the Leeds gas network should be a first step towards a UK-wide conversion, which could reduce…
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Ecotricity bills £5 to ‘fast charge’ electric vehicles from today
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Ecotricity is set to begin charging customers using its ‘Electric Highway’ car charging network. A rapid charge of up to twenty minutes will cost £5 for users who are not Ecotricity domestic energy customers. All Electric Highway members will have…
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Economy 7 customers face losing the service; the system loses flexibility. Should it be maintained?
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The Energy Networks Association is consulting over whether the teleswitching service should be switched off next year. The service allows energy suppliers to switch payment rates for customers on tariffs such as Economy 7, and remotely switch on and off…
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Offshore wind companies invest to acclerate cost reductions
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Nine European offshore wind developers – Dong Energy, EnBW, E.On, Iberdrola, RWE, SSE, Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall – have signed up to to collectively invest at least £6.4 million to bring the cost of offshore wind below £100 per MWh…
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Atlantis tidal to share grid capacity with local wind farm
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A local wind farm will be able to access the distribution network when the MeyGen tidal project is generating less than its maximum output, thanks to an agreement signed between the project’s owner, Atlantis, and Lochend Wind Energy. This will allow…
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MPs to investigate Brexit’s impact on climate change policy
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The Energy and Climate Change Committee has launched an inquiry into the implications for UK climate policy of leaving the European Union. The committee said: “The UK’s climate-change agenda has been driven by a mixture of national and international policies.…
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Eon back to piling work at Rampion after break for fish breeding season
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Eon recommenced piling work this week, ready to install foundations for its planned 116-turbine wind farm 13km off the Sussex coast at Rampion. Piling work had to stop on the 400MW wind farm earlier this year for the black bream spawning season…