Innovate UK has invited businesses to apply for a share of £9 million from the Energy Catalyst funding competition for projects that solve energy industry challenges. Round 4 of the competition is now open. Businesses and researchers from any sector can…
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RWE withdraws planning application for 2.4GW Tilbury C
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German utility RWE has withdrawn its planning application for Tilbury C, according to information published by the Planning Inspectorate on Monday. It had planned to build a new 2.4GW gas-fired power station on the site. The existing unit B, which had…
Atlantis signs deal with infrastructure investment firm Equitix
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Tidal power firm Atlantis has signed a partnership deal with Equitix, a developer, investor and fund manager of infrastructure assets with over £1.7 billion of funds under management. Under this agreement, Atlantis and Equitix will work together to advance Atlantis’s portfolio of tidal…
Ofgem gathers evidence on demand side response
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Energy regulator Ofgem is exploring barriers to demand side response among industrial and commercial (I&C) energy consumers in an online survey. The survey is part of the regulator’s flexibility programme, which is looking at which areas might benefit from flexibility. It is also…
Government sets out plan to protect energy intensive industry from renewables costs
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The business secretary has set out details of an exemption for the steel sector and other energy intensive industries from energy costs. The exemption, first announced at Autumn Statement, will spare all energy intensive industries from paying some £390 million a year in…
EIB loans £500m for electricity transmission network in Scottish highlands
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The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide £500m to support a major reinforcement of the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland to improve connections between wind, wave and tidal renewable energy schemes and the national power network.…
MPs to investigate “disruptive” technology in energy sector
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The energy and climate change committee has launched an investigation into disruptive technologies and innovation that could transform the future energy sector. As a first step, the committee of MPs is asking which innovations have the greatest potential to revolutionise energy…
Tidal power firm Atlantis returns seabed leases to The Crown Estate
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Tidal power firm Atlantis Resources has returned its ‘Agreements for Lease’ (AFLs) for the Anglesey Skerries site in Wales and the Kyle Rhea site in Scotland to The Crown Estate. Atlantis Resources said it decided to hand back the AFLs after an…
National Grid pays out £3 million after failing to meet gas network repair targets
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National Grid has agreed with Ofgem to pay out £3 million to fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) after failing to meet the target for repairing non-urgent gas escapes on its gas distribution networks. Ofgem has also cut the…
Fund carbon capture and storage to keep heavy industry in Britain, Goverment told
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If the UK Government wants to retain industry, it must develop funding mechanisms for CCS as a top-up to the carbon price, according to a new report from Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). Currently, industrial emitters can decarbonise at a low…