You need scale to play in the energy industry. Nigel Evans and Steve Smith, directors of auto-switching service Flipper, think the company will be able to step up to hundreds of thousands – or even millions – of customers now…
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New Power speculates: Who are the energy consumers of 2030?
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Power and gas customers are switching utility in much greater numbers than ever before. At the same time, they can invest in their own power generation, or energy assets like electric vehicles. The options on energy are evolving very fast:…
From New Power Report: energy issues in a switch to hydrogen gas
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Plans for a large scale conversion of parts of the gas network are being tested by the H21 project in Leeds. But where does the hydrogen come from and how much energy is required to produce it? New Power Report…
Fossil power specialists make storage and flex part of the package
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GE plans to supply storage technologies alongside gas in future, according to the company’s vice president for Europe, Michael Rechsteiner. He expects to see the roles being filled by fossil plants changing and in future, when selling or upgrading gas…
Independent networks ‘an opportunity for innovation’
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Changes in the views of housebuilders will be a major influence in rolling out electric vehicles and other domestic energy options, according to Vicki Spiers. “Will people decide not to buy houses because they don’t have an electric vehicle charging…
From the archive: Cobalt, lithium, copper … is metal supply a barrier for renewables and batteries?
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Behind the steel and concrete, even the most familiar energy technologies rely on extracting metals to deliver high performance. Those metals can be expensive to source, globally concentrated and in growing demand by competing industries. Are they a risk factor?…
What’s our European nuclear future? Options on exiting Euratom
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Brexit is likely to be more disruptive to our existing nuclear fuel cycle businesses – and hence existing reactors – than our new-build programme An amendment to the Brexit bill that would see the UK retain its membership of…
Storage ‘should be defined as load, not generation’
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Ofgem and BEIS have taken the wrong approach in defining storage as generation, according to Endeco chief executive Michael Phelan. In an interview with New Power Report Phelan said storage should have its own definition. But if it had to…
Hydrogen grid? Think about power – and gas – needs, says energy systems expert
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Providing consumers with low-carbon heat will require major change even if the solution keeps some part of the existing gas infrastructure, Jeff Douglas, strategy manager at the Energy Systems Catapult, told New Power. In a wide-ranging interview about the future…
‘National debate’ needed as some consumers will lose gas option
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Policymakers have to start a national conversation about how to decarbonise heat, says Jeff Douglas, strategy manager at the Energy Systems Catapult, as it will eventually restrict choices for consumers. The comments came in an interview with New Power about…