The Solar Trades Association has called on energy minister Claire Perry to urgently confirm the continuation of the ‘export tariff’ for PV owners from next April. In an open letter, signed by 200 organisations, the group said the ‘export tariff’…
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SSEN plans emergency control of EV charging points
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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has decided it wants to monitor customers charging electric vehicles so that it can adjust the level of charging if the local network is likely to fault. Consumers would be monitored – with permission…
British Gas pays recompense after misleading 2.5 million customers on exit fees
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British Gas has paid £2.65 million in refunds, compensation and redress after it wrongly told 2.5 million customers that exit fees were payable during the 49 day period before their fixed deal expires. British Gas wrongly charged 1,698 of its fixed…
UK promise to underwrite Horizon 2020 projects leaves it begging for details of what they are
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The UK has no information on the companies and organisations that are involved in research projects funded via the EU’s flagship research fund, Horizon 2020, which it has promised to underwrite. The government has guaranteed to maintain funding for projects…
Bechtel appointed project management contractor for Wylfa Newydd
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Horizon Nuclear Power announced has appointed construction firm Bechtel as project management contractor for its proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on the Isle of Anglesey. Horizon has also signed further contracts with Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe and JGC New…
RHI backs fleet of 52 heat projects
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Distributed energy systems provider Arensis will complete 52 renewable heat projects totalling 11.4MWt in the UK this year. The projects have been funded by £13,500,000 in debt funding from Hadrian’s Wall Secured Investments. The projects have all been accredited for Renewable Heat…
Faraday Grid wins support for grid management technology – read New Power’s interview
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Energy technology company Faraday Grid has been awarded funding from Innovate UK to support the development of its Faraday Exchanger technology. Working with the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and the University of Edinburgh, the funding will be used to help…
Scotrenewables claims generation over first year’s testing ‘proves tidal power’s readiness’
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Scotrenewables Tidal Power announced it has generated over 3GWh from its first 2MW floating tidal stream turbine in its first year of testing at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland. The company noted that is more power…
UK Power Networks opens consultation on flex products that could defray reinforcement
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UK Power Networks has opened a consultation on a ‘Flexibility Roadmap’, which could also see the creation of new markets for distributed energy resources, such as solar farms and battery storage. If accepted the proposals will come into effect from 2019. The…
Westcott Venture Park plans ten-fold PV expansion in unsubsidised project
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Westcott Venture Park is set to start construction this summer on a 15MWp PV array covering 76 acres, claimed as the UK’s first unsubsidised industrial solar park. Westcott Venture Park’s owner, Rockspring, said it also planned to secure grid capacity to add…