The New Power Interview: Mike Weston, Chief executive, Pensions Infrastructure Platform
Two years after it came into operation, the Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP) has helped raise £1 billion in infrastructure funds.
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Renewables developer: it’s time to leave the UK
Developer Eco2 has sold its Port Clarence biomass project to Glennmont Partners for £160 million. The 40MW project began life two years ago and was jointly developed by Eco2 Ltd and Temporis Capital LLP.
Swansea’s tidal lagoon: how does it work and where are the costs?
Tidal Lagoon’s Swansea Bay project is at once “innovative” and “tried and tested”, depending on whether it is looking for subsidy or investment. Janet Wood took a look at the project
A long road ahead for power storage
In the current market, with just above 8% penetration of intermittent renewables in the power mix and a low level of arbitrage on the power market, the commercial case for electricity storage in the UK is still relatively limited.
How is power investment changing?
If utility investment has been hard pressed in recent years – squeezed by depressed balance sheets, the financial crisis, and competition from fast-rising new renewables – that does not mean big investors have left the energy market.
Drax pulls out of White Rose project
Drax Power says it will end its investment in the White Rose carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at the end of the front-end engineering design (FEED) phase in six to eight months.
Is TNP practicable? Defra consults on workability
The government is consulting on its plans to implement a trading scheme for large combustion plants that have to install anti-pollution measures by 2020 to meet EU restrictions.
Enron still raising tax issues
Continuing fallout from the collapse of Enron in 2001 has resulted in an important decision on when tax is due.
Ombudsman Services ‘should prepare for more analysis’
Ombudsman Services: Energy (OSE) received a mixed scorecard in a report by Lucerna for regulator Ofgem.
Mass deal works for Good Energy
Good Energy is set to increase customer numbers after it struck a deal with the Clean Energy Switch, a collective switching process organised by 38 Degrees and Big Deal.