The government must act now to revive the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, because it will dramatically reduce the cost of meeting low-carbon targets and it is ready for commercial implementation. That was the conclusion of a new review…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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