Joanne Wade, chief executive of the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), says the NHS’s local management structure is raising its energy costs. In New Power‘s July issue, Wade talks about energy efficiency programmes that can be easily replicated:…
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Government accepts fifth Carbon Budget as Rudd seeks to reassure industry
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The government has accepted the Committee on Climate Change’s recommendation on that the UK should set a target to reduce carbon emissions 57% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2030. Professor Jim Watson, UKERC director, called the announcement: “very good news…
SSE takes FID on 70MW plant at Ferrybridge
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SSE has taken a final investment decision to proceed with the 70MW Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) project in Yorkshire. Construction is expected to begin this year. The project will be built next to the recently completed Multifuel 1 project, on…
From New Power Report: So you want to be a CATO?
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Helen Miller and Deborah Greenwood discuss opportunities and obstacles in the new competitive transmission regime The government’s proposal to lift the restrictions on the ownership of onshore transmission assets and open up the market to competitively appointed transmission owners…
A guide to embedded benefits
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change has promised to review the charges paid by generation that is connected to local, low-voltage distribution networks. Such plant, connected close to demand, does not need to use the high-voltage transmission network. This…
CMA holds the lines on remedies: CfD transparency; new industry change regime; new roles for Ofgem
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The Competition and Markets Authority has promised ‘over 30′ changes in the energy industry to improve competition in what it described as “the most comprehensive investigation into the energy market since privatisation”. The changes will be accomplished via a combination…
Referendum: what will be the industry’s first action following the vote for Brexit?
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The UK has voted in favour of exiting the European Union. At 6am the result was around 52% in favour of Brexit, 48% against, and that was not expected to vary a great deal as final results come in. What…
UK’s idle gas-fired plants could be sold to Africa
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Mothballed UK gas turbines could be exported to Africa, Silvia Stefini, gas product line leader, Europe, for GE’s Power Services business, told New Power. Exporting second hand engines “gives some value to an asset they no longer use,” said Stefini.…
Decc opposes CMA remedies on nuclear CfD transparency, auction visibility
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) wants the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to rethink its proposed remedies in awarding Contracts for Difference for low carbon projects. Decc opposes the CMA remedies for both negotiated and auction-allocated CfDs.…
Brexit would make business more difficult in the UK, says global turbine supplier GE
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What does a Brexit look like for an international company working in the UK? Before the vote, New Power asked Silvia Stefini, gas product line leader, Europe, for GE’s Power Services business, if it would make life more difficult for…