Electricity North West owners First State Investments and J P Morgan Asset Management have agreed to sell 50% of  the company to Equitix and a consortium led by Kansai Electric Power Co. The other consortium members are Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co.…

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SSE chief executive Alistair Philips-Davis has written to incoming prime minister Boris Johnson with three priorities for a new government in the power sector if it wants to put the UK on track to be a net-zero country. Top of…

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Nemo Link and Elia have had to publish a double consultation on changes to the access rules for the 1000MW Nemo Link Interconnector between GB and Belgium, because it is not clear whether the UK would remain in the EU’s…

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Energy storage  company RedT and Open Energi have combined to pre-qualify a new type of storage –  vanadium redox flow - to provide Dynamic Firm Frequency Response (dFFR) services to National Grid ESO. RedT’s 300kWh flow machine is situated at an industrial…

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The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub has awarded almost £1 million to UK universities to support research into aspects of offshore renewable energy. The Hub was established in July 2018 with £5 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences…

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Support structures for SeaGen’s 1.2MW tidal stream turbine in Strangford Narrows, Northern Ireland have been decommissioned. Owner Simec Atlantis Energy Limited said it marked the completion of the  tidal stream energy project lifecycle. Specialist UK-based marine business Keynvor MorLift was principal contractor and…

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A project to develop a thermal energy storage system run by AMP Clean Energy and the University of Birmingham has been awarded funding from Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme. The organisations are working to develop real-life applications using novel ‘phase-change…

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ESB’s plans to transition from burning peat in three power stations in the Midlands region of the Republic of Ireland to fuelling them with biomass are in disarray,  after the country’s independent planning agency An Bord Pleanála (ABP)  rejected proposals…

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Bristol Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Thrive Renewables for 3.55MW of electricity from two onshore wind turbines. The two PPAs are for electricity generated by Thrive’s 2.75MW wind turbine at Ness Point, in Suffolk (and England’s most easterly…

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Water regulator Ofwat wants to hear evidence from energy companies, among other water users, on proposals to introduce bilateral trading of water. The Water Act 2014 allowed for upstream competition, with the aim of encouraging new entrants to offer alternative…

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