Secretary of State Amber Rudd has agreed a three-month extension to the termination date for Carlton Power’s Capacity Market contract in respect of a planned CCGT at Trafford in Manchester. The date has been extended from 26 September to 19…
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GB is failing on renewable energy targets, says National Grid
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The UK will miss its target for 15% of energy use to come from renewable energy sources by 2020 in all the “Future Energy Scenarios” published by National Grid today. The target is not achieved until 2022 in the “Gone…
As hydro pumped storage hits a regulatory impasse, are batteries heading for a ‘bubble’
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Regulatory uncertainty is holding back a new generation of pumped hydro storage projects across the UK’s mountainous Celtic fringes, despite the growing need to balance variable output from renewable sources. A handful of large new-build projects are clamouring for greater…
Energy efficiency: how the NHS loses out – and what networks could do
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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:…
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…