Centrica has launched Local Heroes, a new service to help customers find trusted local tradespeople to carry out work in the home. Once they have found a tradesperson and received an estimate, customers will be able pay for the work through…
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Centrica, SSE, Dong Energy and Scottish Power join initiative to boost low-carbon transition
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Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – Clean Energy (previously SgurrEnergy) have signed up to a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), launched by the Carbon Trust. The group aims to solve key…
RSPB Scotland to take offshore wind fight to Supreme Court
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RSPB Scotland’s challenge to new offshore wind farms in the Firth of Forth continues, after it decided to appeal a judgement that would reinstate development consent for the projects. Together the schemes represent generating capacity of 2.3GW. One of the…
Green Frog adds 40MW of gas engines to Swansea West site
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Green Frog Connect has begun work on 40MW of gas-fired generation at the Swansea West site, adjacent to an existing 20MW diesel generation site which has been in use for the past five years. The 27 generators required by the…
Energy industry reacts to shock general election result
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Aldersgate Group executive director Nick Molho: “All the main parties have shown support during the General Election campaign for the UK to put in place an ambitious climate and environmental policy agenda and seize the industrial opportunities that this represents.…
The post-subsidy future? Energy industry considers corporate PPAs
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With subsidies disappearing, it’s been suggested that corporate PPAs signed directly between renewable energy plants and end users could keep the wind and solar pipeline moving. Three recent New Power interviewees weigh in… Dan Wells, partner, Foresight: “For unsubsidised…
UK offshore wind could hit 25GW capacity by 2030, says WindEurope
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A report published today shows that the UK can expand its world-beating offshore wind capacity to almost five times its current level by 2030, and that the nation has the most economically attractive offshore wind resources in Europe. The new…
Opinion: Europe needs practical strategies to reduce congestion problems in networks
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Data management between transmission and distribution network operators is the key to effective and secure functioning of the grid and increasing competition, says Eurelectric chief executive Christian Ruby With the energy transition, the customer moves centre stage. Active customers, increasing…
Renault and Powervault latest to trial spent electric vehicle (EV) batteries in home storage units
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Renault, Powervault and M&S Energy have teamed up to trial a home stationary energy battery storage system based on second life electric vehicle batteries. Powervault will install 50 trial units, powered by Renault’s second life batteries, in the homes of customers…
Distributed generators say Ofgem Triad decision is ‘too soon’ after election, call for delay
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A group of companies developing and operating distributed generation has called on Ofgem to delay its decision on making dramatic reductions in ‘embedded benefits’ for small-scale power plants. The decision is earmarked for 15 June. The Flexible Generation Group says…