Fall-back access rules have been agreed for three electricity interconnectors linking the GB market with its continental neighbours. The rules will apply in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit. There are access rules for the IFA link with France, the…

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Barny Evans, head of energy, waste and sustainable places, WSP: “The future of homes standard announcement, due in 2025, is welcome. It builds on the Committee on Climate Change’s report which called for all new homes to be all-electric from 2025. We have…

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Ovo has taken a minority stake in blockchain company Electron, through its company Kaluza. Electron will use the proceeds of Kaluza’s investment to accelerate the development and deployment of its distributed flexibility marketplace. The deal is the first strategic investment for…

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Brilliant Energy Supply Limited, an energy supplier with about 17,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade. The company’s customers, which include some supplied under a ‘white label’ arrangement with Northumbria Energy, will now enter Ofgem’s ‘supplier of last resort’ process…

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Energy retailers will be called on to top-up the Renewables Obligation (RO) for the second year in a row, Cornwall Insight has predicted, because the failure of more suppliers will mean necessary payments have not been made. Suppliers can make…

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BEIS is consulting further on changes to the Capacity Market that would enable wind and solar projects to be included, make changes in the way interconnectors participate, and prepare for a ‘T-3′ auction to be held in early 2020 –…

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Ofgem wants to stop Avro Energy from taking on new customers if it fails to become a smart meter Data Communications Company (DCC) user by the end of May.   All suppliers were required to become DCC users by 25 November…

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Progressive Energy has sought consent for a  £150M biomass to BioSNG plant. The Protos plant is expected to start production in 2022 within the Energy Innovation District (EID) which brings together  Cheshire & Warrington LEP, Cheshire West and Chester Council and the…

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Benj Sykes, co-chair of the Offshore Wind Industry Council and Ørsted UK country manager for offshore: “…offshore wind is set to take its place at the heart of our low-carbon, affordable and reliable electricity system of the future. “This relentlessly innovative…

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What is the best way to deliver a ‘smart grid’ that accommodates responsive, decentralised and decarbonised electricity networks? The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has opened a major consultation on the future shape of the GB electricity networks and the next…

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