Coping with new stresses
The days are gone when the power industry’s principal objective was to meet peak demand. New challenges include fast ramping, congestion management and balancing a very different supply and demand portfolio.
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Offshore: Brexit warning on staffing
Engineering company Offshore Marine Management (OMM) is urging MPs to consider the impact of Brexit on the future of the offshore renewables industry.
Offshore: ORE funding
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has announced a £1.3 million programme of technology innovation projects designed to advance Scotland’s offshore wind sector.
Offshore: Race Bank Ofto
Ofgem has selected Diamond Transmission Partners as preferred bidder to own and operate the high-voltage transmission link to the Race Bank offshore wind farm for the next 20 years.
M&A: Reserve supplier changes hands
Sembcorp is to acquire distributed power specialist UK Power Reserve (UKPR) for £216 million.
Supply: Trio faces competition questions
Ofgem has alleged that three companies – energy suppliers Economy Energy and E (Gas and Electricity) and consultancy Dyball Associates – have broken competition law.
Supply: Retailers face new tests
Ofgem will consult in late summer on changes to energy-supply licences that could mean suppliers have to face more financial tests.
Planning: Documents ‘out of date’
National Policy Statements for energy projects – including renewable energy – are slipping out of date and there is a “pressing need for revisions”, according to planning expert and blogger Angus Walker of lawyers BDB.
Gas: CCS ‘with flexibility’
Summit Power says its planned gas-fired power station with carbon capture, the Caledonia Clean Energy Project (CCEP) will be able to ramp its power output up and down, and its cost will stack up against other options, according to feasibility stud
Nuclear: Horizon seeks consents
Horizon Nuclear Power, owner of the Wylfa Newyydd new nuclear project in Wales, has submitted an application for a development consent order.