Statkraft has entered the Irish power market. It has been granted a supply licence in the Republic of Ireland  and has successfully concluded a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Castledockrell, a 41.4MW wind farm. The timing coincides with the new…

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Ofgem has proposed price caps that it says would save the average household on a default tariff £75 per year. “In total, the price cap would save consumers around £1 billion,” said the regulator. It believes companies who serve the…

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Ørsted has announced the opening of the 659MW  Walney Extension offshore wind farm – currently the world’s largest. The site comprises 40 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines and 47 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines, covering an area of 145km2 in the Irish…

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A coalition of UK and EU organisations has written to Theresa May and EU president Jean-Claude Juncker to plead for a comprehensive joint plan to work together on energy and climate after Brexit. The organisations want the EU and UK to…

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Energy Network Companies have launched a ‘Call for Ideas’ for network innovations for gas and electricity network. Companies can work with gas and electricity network operators to develop bids for innovation projects that will total up to £20 million for gas…

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National Grid has opened a consultation on its Future Energy Scenarios for 2019. Each year the grid operator produces scenarios intended to explore different pathways that the energy system may take. They try to capture a range of outcomes from…

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Ensto-e, the organisation for Europe’s electricity network companies, has asked for feedback on its Ten-Year Development Programme. The group says that in order to decarbonise the electricity system, major change will be required simultaneously across the system. That includes “putting…

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The 7MW Levenmouth offshore wind demonstration turbine in Fife will be available until 2029 after it won permission from the Scottish Government to remain in operation. The turbine, run by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, has been operating for…

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The Solar Trades Association has called on energy minister Claire Perry to urgently confirm the continuation of the ‘export tariff’ for PV owners from next April. In an open letter, signed by 200 organisations, the group said the ‘export tariff’…

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Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has decided it wants to monitor customers charging electric vehicles so that it can adjust the level of charging if the local network is likely to fault. Consumers would be monitored – with permission…

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