Dong Energy has partnered with the Grimsby Institute to offer new offshore wind turbine technician apprenticeships. The new three-year apprenticeships will include of one year of classroom-based learning at the Grimsby Institute, followed by two years working on-site with Dong…

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Large-scale storage sites using shared infrastructure and existing low risk technologies would provide the lowest cost route to developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK, according to a new report from The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). The report, called Taking…

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The Offshore Wind Innovation Exchange is seeking new and disruptive technologies to help it achieve the offshore wind industry achieve full potential. The scheme is particularly interested in ideas from SMEs and suppliers outside the offshore wind industry. OWIX has focused the…

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Centrica has launched Local Heroes, a new service to help customers find trusted local tradespeople to carry out work in the home. Once they have found a tradesperson and received an estimate, customers will be able pay for the work through…

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Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – Clean Energy (previously SgurrEnergy) have signed up to a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), launched by the Carbon Trust. The group aims to solve key…

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Aldersgate Group executive director Nick Molho:  “All the main parties have shown support during the General Election campaign for the UK to put in place an ambitious climate and environmental policy agenda and seize the industrial opportunities that this represents.…

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With subsidies disappearing, it’s been suggested that corporate PPAs signed directly between renewable energy plants and end users could keep the wind and solar pipeline moving. Three recent New Power interviewees weigh in…   Dan Wells, partner, Foresight: “For unsubsidised…

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A report published today shows that the UK can expand its world-beating offshore wind capacity to almost five times its current level by 2030, and that the nation has the most economically attractive offshore wind resources in Europe. The new…

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Data management between transmission and distribution network operators is the key to effective and secure functioning of the grid and increasing competition, says Eurelectric chief executive Christian Ruby With the energy transition, the customer moves centre stage. Active customers, increasing…

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Renault, Powervault and M&S Energy have teamed up to trial a home stationary energy battery storage system based on second life electric vehicle batteries. Powervault will install 50 trial units, powered by Renault’s second life batteries, in the homes of customers…

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