Switching rates rise as independents benefit
More than six million domestic energy supply accounts were switched in 2015, a 15% increase on 2014, according to figures published by Ofgem. This is the highest number of switches since 2011.
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Power plant is 50th nationally significant project
The planning regime for so-called Nationally -Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) reached a milestone in February with development consent for a power plant in King’s Lynn granted by energy secretary Amber Rudd.
Feed-in tariff caps were reached ‘in minutes’
The feed-in tariff (FIT) deployment cap for all anaerobic digestion installations was reached just 15 minutes and 28 seconds after the scheme reopened – at lower tariff levels – on 8 February after a four-week pause.
Chinese-backed plants use biomass and supply heat in Wales
A Chinese investment group is to invest £2 billion in two innovative biomass plants and associated food production stations in Wales.
Dong Energy to convert waste to gas to power
Construction work is about to start on a waste to energy plant in Northwich that will use a new enzyme-based process to convert waste to gas. The gas will be used to generate electricity and the site should produce 5MW.
Interconnectors: Report highlights market risk of new links
of new links
More interconnection with Europe will push up energy costs and carbon emissions, without ensuring security of supply, says a new report by independent energy market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research.
Longer life for four EDF sites
EDF Energy has announced life extensions for four of its nuclear power stations, claiming the highest nuclear output for ten years in 2015 at 60.5TWh.
Parliamentary Watch: No role for onshore wind and CCS as energy bills multiply
MPs have polished off their deliberations on the Energy Bill in just seven committee sittings.
Whole-system impact a question for industry
What are the pathways for the UK energy sector to 2030? That question was addressed in a survey for industry body Energy UK and released in February.
MPs hear investor concerns over political unpredictability and the lack of project pipeline
MPs on the Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change (ECCC) took evidence on investor sentiment
during February.