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The New Power Interview: Gordon MacDougall, managing director, UK and Europe, RES
Gordon MacDougall talks to Janet Wood about the frustrations of renewable development in the UK when the most cost-effective option – onshore wind – is taken off the table. RES sees a growing need for aggregated, diverse offerings
The gas, electricity, transport balancing act
ITM Power chief executive Graham Cooley spoke to Janet Wood about using the gas and transport fuel networks to help balance the power system
The gas, electricity, transport balancing act
ITM Power chief executive Graham Cooley spoke to Janet Wood about using the gas and transport fuel networks to help balance the power system
UK is among the slowest to approach EU renewables targets, says Eurostat
The EU is trailing its target to meet 20% of energy supplied across the bloc from renewable sources by 2020, new figures from Eurostat reveal, and the UK, France and the Netherlands are furthest from the 2020 target.
Feature: Do energy companies have a future?
Can utilities take advantage of the opportunity that big data presents, or are they slow-acting incumbents that will be undercut? Janet Wood took soundings
Opinion: Is there a market solution to the trilemma?
Gordon Edge says a recognition of how the new energy market works presents a solution to the government’s dilemmas on Contracts for Difference
Opinion: The gas issue
The future for gas generation is effectively picking up scraps, a new report from UKERC has concluded, with future plant operating at load factors as low as 12%.
Opinion: Get ready to manage customer risk as the market gets more diverse
Some comfortable assumptions at utility companies are set to be overturned. The change will be felt in the trading and forecasting teams – and it is very likely to hit the bottom line.
Feature:OFTOs bring in steady income for new breed of power transmission owners
In February, Transmission Capital Partners was awarded a licence to own and operate transmission assets that connect the new Westermost Rough offshore windfarm to the onshore network. How is GB’s growing fleet of OFTOs faring?