Foresight has acquired two wind farms, Gruig and Todmorden, with an aggregate generating capacity of 37.5MW from Glennmont Partners. Gruig is a 10 turbine, 25MW, NIROC-accredited wind farm located near Ballymena in Northern Ireland operating since 2009.  Todmorden is a five-turbine, 12.5MW, ROC-accredited…

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Residents at at Elmore House in Brixton, south London, will be able to take part in a local energy market offering flexibility services to the distribution network in a new project that brings together UK Power Networks, EDF Energy and Repowering London. …

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EDF Energy believes energy efficiency changes could deliver over £45million in savings per year across 4,150 schools, hospitals, hotels, police stations and offices. EDF Energy analysed energy consumption remotely at locations including , using this data to understand the potential for efficiency…

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Funding from the EU has brought the Republic of Ireland a step closer to a direct link with the EU’s Internal Electricity Market. Irish links with the bloc are currently all indirect, as all its current interconnectors link it with…

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Ofgem has issued Delta Gas and Power, Gnergy, Robin Hood Energy and Toto Energy with final orders to compel them to make £14.7 million in outstanding payments they owe to comply with the Renewables Obligations schemes within the month. The…

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RWE has set out plans to become a carbon-neutral company by 2040. – although it said it will continue to be “a responsible producer of power from all energy sources” including gas-fired generation. It wants to reduce emissions by 70%…

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Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with UK100, a network of 94 UK mayors and council leaders, to work with the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to bring together financing from local authorities, private capital and government investment…

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Shoreham power station is set to be upgraded. GE announced that Shoreham’s owner, Drax Power, has invested in its  gas turbine upgrade package for the power station near Brighton. GE will perform an enablement inspection in 2019 to allow operation…

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An energy supplier has been told by the Advertising Standards Agency not to run ads claiming to be the cheapest in the UK, partly because of the limitations of comparison sites. The ASA told Outfox The Market that it could…

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Majority public ownership in a fleet of 37 new offshore wind farms, each 1.1GW in size, with the profit recycled into new renewables and the built infrastructure: that was  the promise from shadow secrtary fo state Rebecca Long-Bailey announced at…

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