SSE  has agreed to sell a 16.7% equity stake in Scotia Gas Networks to wholly owned subsidiaries of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), for  £621 million based on an effective economic date of 1 April 2016. SSE owns half…

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Batteries could provide almost as much storage as pumped hydro in four years time – if projects that have prequalified for the upcoming T-4 Capacity Market auction win contracts. Over 2GW of battery storage projects have prequalified to enter the…

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The government has not gone far enough to stop companies from accessing ‘double subsidy’ that allows them to undercut more beneficial technology in the Capacity Market, according to a report produced by Ecuity for UK Power Reserve. The government has…

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A celebration yesterday marked the first anniversary of community-owned renewable energy being used to treat sewage from Bodmin. Wadebridge Renewable Energy Network (WREN), South West Water (SWW) and Regen hosted the event at the 100kW solar array, which partially powers Nanstallon…

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National Grid has placed too much weight on its ‘Gone Green’ Future Energy Scenario in the way it proposes to assess where the electricity network requires immediate reinforcement, regulator Ofgem said. It has asked the System Operator to look again…

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Bristol Energy is set to add a renewable tariff to its offering. The company has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) with a raft of local renewable energy sites and is looking for more. Managing director Peter Haigh told New Power…

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Ofgem has today launched its Future Insights programme with the first in a series of discussion papers exploring the transformation of the energy system over the coming decades. With the Future Insights programme, Ofgem is planning to develop a strategic…

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The Competition Markets Authority is seeking views on its plans to introduce a locational pricing system for transmission losses. In its investigation into the energy market published in June, the CMA found that the absence of locational pricing for transmission losses…

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The government should consider options to support the market for pumped storage hydro to provide the long-term confidence required by investors. The recommendation came in a new report by DNV GL, commissioned by Scottish Renewables, into the benefits of pumped storage hydro…

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WPD has won development consent to install a 132kV electric line of 28.6km, connecting the consented Brechfa Forest West wind farm to an existing overhead line near Llandyfaelog. Overhead line will be employed for 25.3km of the new link and…

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