Industry framework expert forum: Public v Private
As partial renationalisation looms, decentralisation increases and the regulatory framework comes under scrutiny, New Power Report and Accent asked our Expert Group about the industry’s future
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April News in Brief
Cubico Sustainable Investments has completed the refinancing of 17 onshore wind and solar PV projects in the UK. The projects reached commercial operations in 2013-16 and are a mixture
Ovo uses heat
Ovo has announced plans to unlock the flexibility of the UK’s 1.7 million homes with electric storage heaters in a partnership between its intelligent grid technology company Kaluza and Glen Dimplex Heating & Ventilation, which has a 90% share
Engie acquisition
Engie has acquired Tiko, a Swiss startup whose technology connects electrical equipment (water heaters, heat pumps, solar panels, batteries, electrical outlets etc) to a platform and makes them controllable.
Catapults needed
The government should make clearer its criteria for agreeing ‘sector deals’ for industrial support and ensure they are set up with the support of the entire sector, MPs on the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee have warned,
Mine permit
Plant closes
SSE is to close a 485MW coal-fired generating unit, one of four at its Fiddler’s Ferry site near Warrington, Cheshire.
Trades agreed
Fall-back access rules have been agreed for three electricity interconnectors linking the GB market with its continental neighbours. The rules will apply in the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.
Island links
Ofgem is ‘minded to’ give the go-ahead to plans for a 600MW subsea electricity transmission link from Shetland to mainland Scotland to export power from wind farms.
More assets
There could be at least 13% more households with electric vehicles and solar panels on the low voltage electricity network than previously thought.