Two more companies have been issued with provisional orders by Ofgem. Both had given assurances to Ofgem that they would pay outstanding Renewables Obligation bills by 31 October but both failed to do so. Breeze Energy has been told to…

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Simec Atlantis Energy has appointed Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe to carry out the design and development of the combustion system for its open to convert Uskmouth power station to burn biomass. The contract includes  large-scale testing of the waste-derived pellets…

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For the first time an HVDC (high voltage direct current) connection will be used to link an offshore wind farm to the onshore network. ABB will use the technology to connect offshore wind farms in the Dogger Bank region of…

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Ofgem has issued a final order to Gnergy to compel the supplier to its make its outstanding Renewables Obligation payment –  £673,876.62 plus interest – by tomorrow (31 October 2019). Ofgem had  consulted on issuing three other suppliers – Toto…

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After a 1500km journey, the first of three 270t transformers has been delivered to the onshore substation site that will connect the Moray East wind farm to the onshore grid. The transformer was moved from the port at Peterhead on Sunday…

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EP UK Investments  has completed the acquisition of 80% of the shares of Tynagh Energy, an independent power producer in the Republic of Ireland that owns a 400MW CCGT in east County Galway. The sellers were  EFS Tynagh Holding Company…

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Lidl, which has plans to open 50 new stores in GB in 2019, has announced plans to install rapid electric vehicle chargers at all of them. It will also install charging points at existing stores. That should mean rapid chargers…

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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a statutory merger investigation into Ovo’s pland to acquire the supply business of SSE. The merger would make it the UK’s second largest energy supplier and CMA is required to consider whether…

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Caroline Bragg, head of policy, Association for Decentralised Energy: “The ADE welcomes the European Commission’s decision to re-instate the Capacity Market’s State Aid. “Whilst undoubtedly not perfect, the Capacity Market has been an important revenue stream for decentralised energy and its…

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The European Commission has cleared the GB Capacity Market, in suspension since last year, saying it passes State Aid tests. The Commission had been required to re-examine whether the CM complied with State Aid rules after a Tempus Energy challenge…

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