Sembcorp has been granted development consent for a new gas-fired power station near Middlesbrough. The Tees CCPP combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) will have a generating capacity of up to 1,700MW. It will be built on the site of the…
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Reader question: Where do you think the opportunity for public ownership exists in energy, and where might it be beneficial?
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Utilities and utility regulation are facing dramatic change. The Labour Party wants to bring public ownership back. Local government is seizing the initiative, using utility services to leverage development. Meanwhile, new consultations could see the shape of the regulatory landscape change for…
Avro must sign up to smart meter hub by 25 July, Ofgem says
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Ofgem has confirmed an order that supplier Avro must sign up to the smart meter data hub (DCC) by 25 July and stop taking on new customer accounts after 26 May until it signs up. Ofgem proposed the order in…
Bristol City Council gives go-ahead to low-carbon city plan
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Bristol City Council has decided to go ahead with its ambitious ‘City Leap’ programme and will be procuring a strategic partner to deliver the project in a joint venture. A council meeting on 2 April agreed seed funding for the…
SSE pays penalty for slow gas smart meter rollout
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Energy retailer SSE is to pay out £700,000 after it missed its own target to install gas smart meters for customers in 2018. Suppliers with more than 250,000 customers have to “take all reasonable steps” to provide smart meters for homes…
Industry bodies promise to ‘free the data’
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Power industry central bodies have promised to free-up data to allow innovation in the sector. National Grid ESO, in its ‘Towards 2030′ plans for taking forward its ESO role, promised to “Open data wherever possible” saying that in the energy…
ElecLink seeks feedback on access and charges – but will re-assess charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit
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ElecLink is seeking market feedback on an ‘Access Rules and Charging Methodology Statement’ that will apply from the commercial go-live of the interconnector, which is expected in Q1 2020. But the proposals only apply if the UK remains in Europe’s Internal…
Microgrid partnership from ABB and Rolls Royce
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ABB and Rolls-Royce have formed a partnership to offer a microgrid solution for utility, commercial and industrial customers. The microgrids provides the overall control to allow users to combine power from CHP, diesel and gas-powered gensets, renewables and batteries to meet…
National Grid ESO sets out plan to manage grid without fossil fuels by 2025
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National Grid ESO has set out a pathway to being able to operate the electricity system entirely on renewable sources by 2025. In order to achieve that goal, the system operator has to roll out new ways of managing system…
ESO seeks market information for possible reactive power contracts in the Mersey area
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National Grid ESO has sent out a request for information to potential providers of reactive power services in the Mersey area. The ESO says there is an increasing need to control high voltage in the region. It has seen an increasing need to absorb…