Statoil is to takes over as operator of the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm from January 2017 and will increase its share in Dogger Bank. Statoil will increase its share of the Dogger Bank projects from 25% to around 50%…
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MPs: heat and transport failings mean UK will miss 2020 renewables targets
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The UK will fail to meet legal requirements to meet 15% of its energy needs from renewables by 2020, the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has concluded. The MPs said the electricity target of 30% from renewables would be…
Fear of disruption limiting DSR uptake by UK firms
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A survey industrial electricity users found that almost 90% are interested in earning revenue from demand-side response, but many fear disruption to operations and believe that their business processes are incompatible with DSR. Energyst Media’s 2016 Demand-Side Response polled more than…
Storage ‘could be an expert industry for the UK’
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Storage could not only offer efficiencies for GB in managing its own power grid, but could also be a business opportunity for UK Plc, according to a report from RegenSW. The RegenSW paper, said, “UK projects are demonstrating a high…
Humber Gateway link transferred to Balfour Beatty/Equitix consortium for £162.9 million
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Transmission assets at E.On’s Humber Gateway offshore wind farm are to be sold to BBEC, a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix. Ofgem has granted BBEC a licence to operate the £162.9 million link for the next 20 years.…
Energy customer switches up 30% year on year
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More than 3.8 million customers switched energy supplier in the first half of the year, around a million more than the same period last year. In the first half of 2016, around 1.6 million domestic customers switched gas suppliers and…
Triton Knoll connection wins development consent
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The Triton Knoll offshore wind farm is set to enter the next Contracts for Difference auction after offshore connection works won development consent. The works include: a submarine cable route for exporting electricity generated by Triton Knoll wind farm (consented…
PlanET Biogas UK to construct new AD plant in Shropshire
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PlanET Biogas UK has recently been contracted as technology provider for a 500 kWel AD plant in Shropshire. Bitterley Biogas AD plant near Ludlow will produce 500 kWel by digesting predominantly cattle manure from the surrounding farms. Eexcavation and concrete…
Gap widens between best and worst energy companies for customer complaints
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The gap between how well the best and worst performing energy suppliers are at dealing with customer complaints is the widest on record, according to Citizens Advice. The difference between the companies at the top and bottom of the table is…
CHP plant signs EPC contract
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A 12MWe (42MWt) CHP plant near Newark will allow animal rendering company J G Pears to replace 90% of the fossil fuels used in its process with meat and bone meal (MBM). Planning permission for the project was first sought…