Ofgem has rejected plans by National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) to replace ageing gas compressors at sites in the east of England, saying they will not be required when already-planned gas turbine units are installed. Ageing ‘Avon’ compressors, which have…
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Ukraine celebrates new wind farm just 100km from front line
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DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, has officially opened a wind farm just 60 miles (100km) from the front line of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Phase I of the Tyligulska wind farm, in the Southern region of Mykolaiv, is already…
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Torbay hospital wants 3.2MW of PV, seeks private wire site
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Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust are seeking a Power Purchase Agreement to provide Torbay hospital with 3.5GWh of electricity per annum through an off-site PV array via ‘private wire’ with a direct connection to the hospital’s HV network .…
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Good Energy and Ovo Energy to pay £4M in refunds and redress
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Ovo Energy and Good Energy have each agreed customer refunds and compensation totalling around £2 million, after failings in applying correct tariffs. OVO Energy informed the regulator in November that it had applied incorrect tariffs to some customers. It has…
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UK’s ‘political instability’ and ‘unattractive regulatory regime’ raise concerns over infrastructure investment
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The UK is becoming a less attractive destination for infrastructure investor funding, according to a regular survey published by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). The GIIA’s regular ‘Pulse’ survey said investment was becoming more difficult, with its investor members…
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Three energy suppliers pay late compensation totalling £8M
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Three energy suppliers have made compensation payments and additional redress totalling over £8 milllion after they missed or unduly delayed Guaranteed Standards of Performance compensation payments due to consumers worth £6,305,925. Over 100,000 customers were affected by these issues at…
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£70M investment in Kensa ground source heat systems could kick off new asset class
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Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital are to invest £70 million in the Kensa Group. The investment will allow Kensa, which manufactures and installs ground source heat pumps, to rapidly expand and install 50,000 ground source heat…
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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Lessons in regulation from ASA
by New Power •
From New Power in September 2019: This week The Advertising Standards Authority took a good look at claims that smart meters have environmental benefits. In response to complaints, it considered whether Smart Energy GB could stand up claims thata smart…
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ASA to crack down on misleading green claims
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ASA, the advertising standards body, has announced plans to crack down on ‘green’ claims made in adverts that do not stack up. In its annual report the body said “as the UK and other countries set ambitious targets to address…