National Grid has agreed with Ofgem to pay out £3 million to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) after failing to meet the target for repairing non-urgent gas escapes on its gas distribution networks. Ofgem has also cut the…
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Fund carbon capture and storage to keep heavy industry in Britain, Goverment told
by Annabel Andrews •
If the UK Government wants to retain industry, it must develop funding mechanisms for CCS as a top-up to the carbon price, according to a new report from Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). Currently, industrial emitters can decarbonise at a low…
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Scottish landlords offered interest free loans to insulate homes
by Annabel Andrews •
The Scottish government has offered a new £14 million interest-free loan fund to boost the energy efficiency of rented homes. For the first time, housing associations will be able to apply for loans from the government’s Home Energy Efficiency Programme Scotland…
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Nuclear regulator complains of delays and quality concerns as progress slows on Cumbria reactor plans
by New Power •
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) held a crunch meeting in January with senior management at Westinghouse, the company behind the nuclear reactor planned for Moorside in Cumbria, to address “delays and quality concerns” in its submissions to the reactor…
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Statoil launches Batwind battery storage for offshore wind
by Annabel Andrews •
Statoil today announced a new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy, dubbed Batwind. The concept will be piloted by the world’s first floating wind farm, the Hywind pilot park off the coast of Aberdeenshire, to help develop the technology…
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Good Energy targets five-fold increase in customer accounts by 2021
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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
by New Power •
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…