Smart Energy Europe has raised an alarm over proposed changes in the proposed design of the EU’s Internal Energy Market that would allow transmission system operators (TSO) to own and operate storage and provide more ancillary services themselves. The group…

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Ancala Partners has sold its hydro power business, Green Highland Renewables to Simec, the energy arm of the global energy, metals and industrials group, the GFG Alliance. The transaction is unconditional and is scheduled to complete before the end of…

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MPs on the Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have called on the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to scrutinise the proposed merger  between SSE and Npower’s retail arms. The committee wants the CMA to carry out a…

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The government is to go ahead with plans to derate electricity storage facilities that provide power for less than four hours: the change will apply in the forthcoming Capacity Market auctions for 2021/22 and 2018/19. Some 6GW of storage has…

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Blockchain energy systems developer Electron has warned Ofgem that its approach to procuring a Central Switching Service (CSS) is short sighted. In an open letter, the company warned that Ofgem’s approach is “limited in scope”, would perpetuate longstanding industry issues…

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Good Energy has announced its first battery service solution – a new direction for the green energy company – at the Eden Project in Cornwall. Eden’s new battery, due to be installed in summer 2018, will have five 50kW ‘fridge-sized’…

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The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a Green Finance inquiry to scrutinise the government’s plan to develop “world leading green finance capabilities”. The government’s Clean Growth Strategy sets out how more than £2.5bn will be invested by the government to…

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The first fully commissioned turbine at offshore wind farm Rampion has started generating electricity. The installation of the turbines began in March 2017 and was completed ahead of schedule in September. The 400MW Rampion project is located 13 kilometres off…

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BayWa r.e. has sold its remaining portfolio of UK solar farms, totalling 75MW, to Greencoat Solar II LP, managed by Greencoat Capital. The portfolio includes  includes six solar farms spread across England and Wales totalling 30MW, and the 45MW Bann Road solar…

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Scotia Gas Networks (SGN) has announced that it will voluntarily return £145m to customers after identifying excess profits from the most recent price control. Under Ofgem’s price control sharing mechanism this will result in £84 million being returned to customers. The…

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