Ofgem’s draft determination of network price controls for the coming five years ”Risks undermining the process”, said National Grid. The company, which owns gas and electricity transmission networks and the system operator, said Ofgem’s proposed settlement “leaves us concerned as to our ability to…
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Nuclear, CCGT, biomass the winners as system operator continues to struggle with low demand
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EDF Energy provided 600MW of additional nuclear generation on the weekend of 4-5 July as the Torness plant returned from outage, while National Grid ESO continued to pay the company to reduce generation from its Sizewell B plant by a…
Green stimulus: the industry responds – ‘ambition severely lacking’
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Dr Nina Skorupska CBE, chief executive, REA: “Today’s announcement confirmed a lot of what we already knew, £3 billion funding for energy efficiency improvements and a drive on green job creation. Although we support the sentiment and maintain that this…
MPs call for strategic approach to boost offshore wind industry and CfD strike price for floating wind
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The Environmental Audit Committee has asked the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with steps BEIS should take to help the UK capitalise on its lead in offshore wind. The committee says offshore wind is a “brilliant British success…
Gresham House acquires Bloxwich battery; vendor Arenko moves to software focus
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Gresham House Energy Storage Fund has completed the acquisition of a 41MW operational battery in Walsall from a group of investors led by Arenko Cleantech. The acquisition brings the total capacity of operational utility scale battery storage projects in the…
East Anglia One passes CfD milestone
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The third and final phase of the East Anglia One offshore wind farm has started to receive payments under the Contract for Difference (CfD) framework, the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) has announced.East Anglia One (Phase 3) achieved its Start Date…
Yorkshire Water to begin tendering 150 sites to house PV installations
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Bidders have until 22 July to submit their requests to participate in a framework covering the development of bespoke solar photovoltaic arrays across 150 Yorkshire Water sites. Yorkshire Water has invited companies to tender for a new eight-year solar framework…
Go-ahead for Vattenfall’s Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm
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Vattenfall’s application to build the Norfolk Vanguard offshore wind farm has been granted development consent. The 1.8GW project is expected to start operating in the mid 2020s, with 90 to 180 turbines (depending on their capacity) in a 592.069km2site 47km offshore of…
Scottish Government gives go-ahead for onshore wind with co-located storage
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Blue Energy’s High Constellation onshore wind farm has been granted development consent by the Scottish Government. The project comprises a wind farm in Argyll and Bute, with 10 turbines, and an onsite battery storage facility. The decision notice was issued…
Transmission system demand still hitting new lows
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The last weekend in June, overnight on Sunday 28th, saw another record low power demand on the national transmission system. In early estimates the System Operator was expecting 15.3GW on the national transmission system, and even four hours ahead it…