CHPA broadens remit across distributed energy
The Combined Heat and Power Association has changed its name to the Association for Distributed Energy.
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CHP plants for Greenwich
Transport for London (TfL) has announced plans to install up to six new gas engines in its power station at Greenwich.
Decc consults on CfD for tidal lagoon in Swansea
The Department of Energy and Climate Change says “Serious consideration is now being given to the possibility of entering into a bilateral negotiation for a Contract for Difference” (CfD) with Tidal Lagoon Power, developer of a barrage and tidal p
CfD allocation for marine is ‘adequate to 2020’
The UK’s fledgling wave and tidal sector will not fill its ring-fenced 100MW allocation for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) before 2020, the industry believes.
Dungeness to get ten more years in operation
EDF has announced plans to extend the life of its Dungeness nuclear power plant by ten years. The 1050MW twin-unit station is undergoing a £150 million upgrade and the extension, which will mean the plant can operate until 2018, has been approved
Vestas probes blade failure
Vestas has launched an investigation after a blade on one of its V47 turbines detached and fell to the ground at a wind farm in County Kerry, Ireland.
Ofgem to boost connections competition as SSE faces probe
Ofgem has given distribution network operators (DNOs) a “final opportunity” to avoid a referral to the Competition and Markets Authority over their practice on new connections.
Will loss of political faith make a Paris climate change agreement a dead letter?
Any agreement on limiting carbon emissions negotiated later this year in Paris could be fatally weakened by geopolitical tension, lack of trust in national governments and the change in oil prices, speakers at the launch of the Word Energy Forum’
CCS "needs subsidy support and tough targets"
The need for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is becoming more urgent and it should take a higher priority in energy and climate policy, according to a report from Ricardo AEA that assessed progress taht had been made following the EU’s CCS Direct
Report: use shale rents to restore natural capital
The rents from activities like shale gas oil or oil extraction should be used to set up a “wealth fund” to invest in improving the natural environment.