SSE Airtricity is to acquire 40% of Activ8 Solar Energies, a supplier of rooftop solar systems to home and business customers. The acquisition is subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Under the terms of the agreement SSE…
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ITM Power supplies hydrogen refuelling station at M40 services
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ITM Power and Shell have installed a new hydrogen refuelling station at Shell Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire. Shell Beaconsfield on the M40 will be the first site in the UK to bring hydrogen under the same canopy as petrol and diesel. The…
TotoEnergy passes prepayment customers to Utilita Energy
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Utilita is to acquire 16,000 prepayment customers from small supplier Toto Energy. The customers will be transferred on 10 April and Utilita has promised to honour customers’ current tariffs – including unit rate and standing charge – until at least 30…
Mitsubishi picks up a third of Moray East wind farm
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Mitsubishi has announced it will acquire 33.4% of shares in Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited, through its wholly owned UK-based subsidiary Diamond Generating Europe (DGE), with EDP Renewables, a renewable energy company from Spain. Moray East is due to begin…
New auto-switching company Labrador says ‘customers should know smart meter data puts them in control’
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Auto-switching company Labrador has announced backing from the Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT) which is backing the company with a hybrid package of £500,000 in cash and media investment, in exchange for a subscription of ordinary shares. Speaking to New Power…
UK will remain in EU ETS until 2020, minister confirms
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Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry MP has confirmed that the UK will seek to participate in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) at least until the end of Phase 3 in 2020. Giving evidence to the House…
Nuclear regulator puts Hinkley Point C supply chain assurance on amber warning
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The company building Hinkley Point C (Hinkley Point C), the new nuclear power station in Somerset, has ‘deficiencies’ in its supply chain arrangements and quality assurance and must make improvements, according to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The regulator…
Fleet installations add hundreds of new EV charge-points
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Pod Point has installed 67 electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints for Skanska UK, one of the country’s leading contractors, at Skanska’s Hertfordshire head office. The installation should be scaled up to 243 chargepoints in the future. Skanska, which employs 6,000 people in…
MPs: government must pass a new Clean Air Act and restructure emissions legislation to tackle pollutants alongside carbon dioxide
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The UK needs a new Clean Air Act, unifying and updating air quality legislation on pollutants including sulphur dioxide, particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen oxides after it withdraws from the EU, according to MPs. The MPs from four select committees…
Wind turbine supplier Gaia Wind in liquidation
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Gaia Wind, a Glasgow-based supplier of small scale wind turbines has gone into liquidation. The company announced that Michael Reid, Meston Reid & Co, Aberdeen was appointed provisional liquidator by the Court of Session in Edinburgh on 13 March. The…