The chair of the Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change (ECCC) has written to secretary of state Amber Rudd to raise concerns about the delays in taking a Final Investment Decision on a new nuclear plant at Hinkley…
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Coal generation: Longannet closes, Uskmouth re-opens
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Coal-fired power generation ends today in Scotland with the closure of Longannet power station, which is due to finish producing power at 3pm. At 2400MW, the plant – now owned by Scottish Power and ultimately Iberdrola – was Scotland’s biggest…
Nuclear regulator complains of delays and quality concerns as progress slows on Cumbria reactor plans
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The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) held a crunch meeting in January with senior management at Westinghouse, the company behind the nuclear reactor planned for Moorside in Cumbria, to address “delays and quality concerns” in its submissions to the reactor…
Good Energy targets five-fold increase in customer accounts by 2021
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Good Energy has announced plans to install new billing systems in 2016 and launch a new ‘green gas’ product in April. The company said it is targeting a five-fold increase in customer accounts to reach 900,000 at 31 December 2020,…
From New Power Report: Treasury plans reform of independent regulators
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Background on plans for Ofgem as announced in today’s budget. From New Power, January 2016 HM Treasury has signalled a shake-up among the UK’s independent regulators, with energy leading the way. The news came in a policy document titled “a…
Budget: CfD allocation £290m this year, £730m in this parliament; renewables hit again on CCL; Ofgem changes
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The budget for Contract for Difference auctions over the course of this parliament will be “up to” £730 million, chancellor George Osborne announced in today’s budget. That would support up to 4GW of offshore wind and other less established renewables,…
CMA on governance: Ofgem to cost-out Decc policy decisions, drive industry change
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has set out plans for a stronger role for Ofgem in scrutinising government policy and driving through industry change, saying that systemic problems with industry governance have caused “very substantial” detriment for customers. The…
RWE restructuring hits Npower; company warns of further decline in 2016
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Npower parent RWE is ramping up plans to restructure and streamline its conventional power generation and UK supply businesses. In a move expected to cause 2,500 job losses in UK supply, the company has stepped up a planned €2 billion…
Competition on capacity, CfDs and services is the energy market’s future. Excluding low-cost renewables will drive up costs
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Gordon Edge of RenewableUK says a recognition of how the new energy market works presents a solution to the government’s dilemmas on Contracts for Difference Government objectives for energy policy are that it must be secure, sustainable and affordable; decarbonisation…
Crowdfunding renewables: portable solar (storage included)
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Renovagen has launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company wants up to £1 million to fund its “Roll-Array” flexible, rollable, transportable solar farm units. The units include energy storage. The company says its technology rolls out “18kW…