The UK will fail to meet legal requirements to meet 15% of its energy needs from renewables by 2020, the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has concluded. The MPs said the electricity target of 30% from renewables would be…
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Storage ‘could be an expert industry for the UK’
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Storage could not only offer efficiencies for GB in managing its own power grid, but could also be a business opportunity for UK Plc, according to a report from RegenSW. The RegenSW paper, said, “UK projects are demonstrating a high…
Humber Gateway link transferred to Balfour Beatty/Equitix consortium for £162.9 million
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Transmission assets at E.On’s Humber Gateway offshore wind farm are to be sold to BBEC, a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix. Ofgem has granted BBEC a licence to operate the £162.9 million link for the next 20 years.…
Electricity networks launch ‘call 105′ emergency number for power cuts
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Electricity networks companies have introduced a single emergency number – 105 – that anyone in England, Scotland and Wales can call in the event of a power cut. The Energy Networks Association said most people did not know they should…
Triton Knoll connection wins development consent
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The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm is set to enter the next Contracts for Difference auction after offshore connection works won development consent. The works include: a submarine cable route for exporting electricity generated by Triton Knoll wind farm (consented…
CHP plant signs EPC contract
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A 12MWe (42MWt) CHP plant near Newark will allow animal rendering company J G Pears to replace 90% of the fossil fuels used in its process with meat and bone meal (MBM). Planning permission for the project was first sought…
New gas-fired power station planned for Eggborough
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Eggborough Power Limited has announced plans for a 2000MW combined cycle gas-fired power station on the site of its existing coal-fired power station at Eggborough near Goole in East Yorkshire. A new underground gas pipeline will be constructed to…
Risk vs reward: adding storage to a renewable energy site
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Is it a gamble to add storage to a renewable energy site? Louise Dalton, senior associate in the energy at law firm CMS, considers the legal position
Energy storage: legal and regulatory barriers to overcome
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Storage is increasingly seen as the answer to making the energy system more efficient and cost-effective. But legal and regulatory barriers are making it hard to make use of developing storage technologies at least cost. Louise Dalton, senior associate in the energy team at international law firm CMS, details the hurdles that have to be overcome before storage can step up
Battery storage the big winner in sub-second frequency response tender
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National Grid has accepted eight bids for companies to provide so-called Enhanced Frequency Response, reacting in less than a second to help keep electricity flows in balance. The tender will see batteries used to balance at grid scale for the…