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National Grid and RES launch sub-second frequency response service
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National Grid and Renewable Energy Systems (RES) are working on the first battery energy storage systems to provide a dynamic frequency response service in under a second in Great Britain. The companies have signed a four year contract that will…
Aggreko to supply back-up power for Network Rail
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Aggreko has won a five-year contract to supply rental power to Network Rail for emergency support and planned maintenance. Network Rail chose Aggreko after a competitive tender to loan and install a range of large output power generation that will be…
ENGIE confirms Rugeley Power Station to cease operations next month
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ENGIE has confirmed it is to begin decommissioning its 1,000 MW coal-fired Rugeley Power Station in Staffordshire by the end of June 2016. The company first announced its plan to cease market operations in February this year, due to the deterioration in…
National Grid profits up by 6 per cent, fueled by strong performance from French interconnector
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National Grid’s operating profit was £4,096m in 2015-16, up £233m (up 6%) compared with the previous year at actual exchange rates, according to the firm’s annual results. The company said that its interconnector with France had helped boost it’s earnings…
CCS could have important role post-2050, says new report
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) could play an important role in the energy mix in the second half of the century, according to a new report from the Sustainable Gas Institute at Imperial College, London. In its new white paper, Can…
Centrica acquires CHP business for new distributed energy division
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Centrica has bought a combined heat and power supplier and operator, ENER-G Cogen, for £145 million. Centrica said the business will form part of its new international distributed energy and power business. ENER-G Cogen has over 30 years’ experience delivering end-to-end…
Generators to queue until April 2017 for feed in tariffs
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Feed In Tariffs (FITs) for anaerobic digestion (AD), standalone PV solar and wind installations between 100 and 1500kW have been so in demand that installations are now queued to the first or second quarter of 2017. The quarterly spending caps…
DONG to launch IPO on Nasdaq Copenhagen “this summer”
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Danish utility and offshore wind developer DONG Energy has announced it will launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its shares on Nasdaq Copenhagen. The partially state-owned company said the IPO could be launched for a listing in summer 2016, barring…
Good Energy signs deal with ITM Power to fuel hydrogen car refuelling stations
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Renewable electricity company Good Energy has signed an agreement to supply power for the production of hydrogen fuel at ITM Power’s hydrogen car refuelling stations. Juliet Davenport OBE, founder and chief executive of Good Energy said: “At Good Energy we’re proud…