Good Energy has announced plans to install new billing systems in 2016 and launch a new ‘green gas’ product in April. The company said it is targeting a five-fold increase in customer accounts to reach 900,000 at 31 December 2020,…
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Super fast 2MW battery energy storage system connected to the grid in Wolverhampton
by Annabel Andrews •
A new £4 million lithium titanate battery energy storage facility has been connected to the grid as part of new research led by the University of Sheffield on energy storage. The university will work with energy companies E.On and Uniper to look at future…
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Scottish energy minister gives details of ten large-scale local energy projects funded by Scottish government fund
by Annabel Andrews •
The Scottish Government has awarded over £10 million to support nine innovative large-scale low carbon local energy projects, Energy Minister Fergus Ewing announced this week. The projects have been funded through the Local Energy Challenge Fund, launched in August 2014 to…
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From New Power Report: Treasury plans reform of independent regulators
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Background on plans for Ofgem as announced in today’s budget. From New Power, January 2016 HM Treasury has signalled a shake-up among the UK’s independent regulators, with energy leading the way. The news came in a policy document titled “a…
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Budget: CfD allocation £290m this year, £730m in this parliament; renewables hit again on CCL; Ofgem changes
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The budget for Contract for Difference auctions over the course of this parliament will be “up to” £730 million, chancellor George Osborne announced in today’s budget. That would support up to 4GW of offshore wind and other less established renewables,…
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Wales must get 100 per cent of its energy from renewable sources, says National Assembly committee
by Annabel Andrews •
Wales should get 100 per cent of its energy from renewable sources and set up a Welsh not-for-profit energy service company, assembly members have said. The energy supply company would build on the success of the not-for-profit water company Dwr Cymru. The…
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Liverpool City Council looks to partner with existing supplier for local energy company
by Annabel Andrews •
Liverpool City Council is looking to follow in Bristol City Council’s footsteps and set up its own energy company. Elected mayor Joe Anderson will ask the city’s council to approve proposals to explore ways of establishing the company – provisionally…
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The New Power Interview: Peter Haigh, managing director, Bristol Energy
by Annabel Andrews •
Janet Wood spoke to Peter Haigh about starting an independent supplier backed by a city council This interview was first published in the November edition of New Power Report. Since then, Bristol Energy has officially opened to new customers. I…
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CNG Fuels and National Grid unveil first high-pressure grid-connected CNG filling station
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CNG Fuels, in partnership with National Grid, unveiled a new filling station in Leyland, Lancashire today, which allows vehicles to fill up on compressed natural gas (CNG), directly from the high-pressure local transmission system. The new facility can refuel more…