Swansea gets planning nod but faces contract challenge
A £300 million contract for building parts of Tidal Power’s planned barrage in Swansea Bay has been challenged.
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IPPR wants levy changes to limit customer burden
Low income groups make a disproportionate contribution to levy costs because energy costs are a larger proportion of their income and because they can seldom use the cheapest tariffs, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) argues in a new
REG signs turbine agreement
Renewable Energy Generation (REG) has signed agreements with wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa to supply 19 wind turbines for five of REG’s consented UK onshore wind farm sites.
Geothermal grants awarded
The Scottish Government says £234,025 has been awarded to five projects at sites in Fife, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire and Aberdeenshire that will explore the technical feasibility, economic viability and environmental sustainability of geother
Smart meters: Decc adamant on 2020 deadline
Can government and the energy industry deliver the smart meter rollout, as planned, by 2020?
Green Investment Bank in profit and up for sale
Three years after it came into being, the Green Investment Bank this month celebrated a profitmaking year and government said it would begin a process to sell it to the private sector.
Retailers: on the road to a new industry
Independent energy companies now supply 12% of the domestic market and that is set to rise, delegates at Cornwall Energy’s retail event heard.
Distribution networks’ future in question
What is the future for distribution networks?
Testing time for gas turbine operations
Despite the low price achieved by the CM auction the UK remains “the only big market [for gas turbines] in western Europe", Laurent Cornu, product manager for GE’s new 9HA turbine, told New Power.
Capacity markets v peaking prices: EU struggles over countries' different solutions
The biggest problem the EU faces in developing its internal energy market (IEM) is the “level of interest in linking up,” Miguel Arias Canete, commissioner for energy and climate change, told delegates at Eurelectric’s annual conference.