SSE has confirmed that the remaining units at its coal-fired Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station in Warrington, Cheshire, will close by 31 March 2020. The proposal was first announced in June. Fiddler’s Ferry is the last remaining coal-fired power station in…

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National Grid Grain LNG has launched an ‘open season’ process for customers interested in buying capacity at its liquefied natural gas storage facility from 2025. The opportunity follows the end of long-term contracts that underpinned the original construction and development of…

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London’s Hackney Council has announced plans to launch a publicly-owned energy services company in spring 2020. Called Hackney Light and Power, the new company will be owned, run, and managed by the local authority. The company’s launch will include plans for…

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Companies have until 4 December to apply for a share of £1 millon in funding in two competitions run by Innovate UK as part of the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to help the UK achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The…

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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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