Tidal Lagoon’s Swansea Bay project is at once “innovative” and “tried and tested”, depending on whether it is looking for subsidy or investment. Janet Wood took a look at the project
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HM Treasury’s tax relief change has dealt a body blow to the community energy sector
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Philip Wolfe, chairman of Westmill Solar Co-operative and Community Energy England, says the community energy sector has been treated unfairly. It shows government does not understand how the energy industry is changing
Climate change ‘biggest global risk over coming decade’, says World Economic Forum
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Climate change, and fears over lack of mitigation or adaptation, has been rated the top risk on the World Economic Forum’s 11th annual Global Risk Report – higher than weapons of mass destruction. What is more, it was closely linked…
From the archive: Sara Bell, Tempus Energy chief executive, talks to New Power
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From the archive: New Power interviews Sara Bell, Tempus Energy chief executive
Eggborough owner buys Lynemouth power station from RWE
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Central European energy group EPH has added Lynemouth to its UK portfolio, buying the power station – due to be converted to burn biomass – from RWE. EPH already owns the 2GW Eggborough power station. Lynemouth is a 420MW coal-fired…
The real failures on energy security
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Secretary of state Amber Rudd has been looking for energy security in all the wrong places
From the New Power archive: Levy Control Framework – a chance for budget discipline or a political fiction?
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Levy Control Framework – a chance for budget discipline or a political fiction?
EC fears market distortion: plans in-depth investigation of new Drax conversion
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Plans to convert a third unit (of six) at the Drax power station to burn biomass, instead of coal, have received a knock after the European Commission announced plans for an in-depth investigation of whether government support for the project…
How can European electricity networks ease the distribution bottleneck?
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A key issue to be resolved in the GB market is whether and how to balance supply and demand. What should be at transmission level and what at distribution level?. Similar questions are being asked across Europe, as Janet Wood found
From the New Power archive: industry expectations of the second Capacity Market auction
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In the September issue of New Power we asked industrywatchers how they thought this year’s Capacity Market auction would play out. Here’s what they said