Interview: Could the NFPA - the first auction platform - meet a new need?
Stuart Stephens, commercial director at the Non-Fossil Purchasing Agency (NFPA), describes the organisation as “legacy”.
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The New Power Interview: Paul Brodrick, Head of connected communities, Siemens
“People talk about smart cities, and it’s a hundred different things to a hundred different people, but essentially it’s just infrastructure,” says Paul Brodrick.
Should diesel farms be the real winners in the Capacity Market?
The big surprise of the inaugural Capacity Market (CM) auction was the large number of small gas and diesel-fuelled plants that sought – and won – contracts, mostly as new-build suppliers.
Capacity Market auction 2015: a new entrant's view
George Grant is managing director of Stag Energy, and a director of Watt Power, which has two peaking gas-fired plants with development consent orders that can join this year’s auction.
What can we expect in the Capacity Market’s second auction?
Prequalification for this second Capacity Market (CM) auction closed slightly later than planned, on 28 August.
Citizens Advice: give consumers better network data
Energy networks are subject to “exemplary” regulation by Ofgem and few consumers want more information about how the detail of how they are funded and run, says Citizens Advice.
WoDS takes on new offshore wind connection
WoDS Transmission has paid £269 million to acquire the link connecting the West of Duddon Sands windfarm to the GB network.
Ofgem looks again at Greenlink
Ofgem has revised its assessment of a proposed new interconnector between the GB market and the Ireland/Northern Ireland Single Energy Market (SEM).
ElectraLink aims to ease data path for new entrants
Companies entering the energy industry should find data transfer easier and cheaper, because industry body ElectraLink is introducing new transfer options.
Some visibility emerges on EDF’s future structure
EDF and nuclear reactor supplier Areva have begun to agree terms on a restructuring intended to place the French nuclear energy sector on a firmer footing.