Five gas-fired plants under examination at NIP
National Infrastructure Planning currently has five new fossil fuel plants under examination. They are: EDF’s West Burton C plant, rated at 299MW, planned for the West Burton power station site. The...
View ArticleOPINION: We must start preparing for net zero’s extreme power scenarios
LCP’s Kyle Martin takes a look at some of the implications of the Climate Change Committee report for the power sector, published in the June issue of New Power Report Download full article New Power...
View ArticleIs it time to re-examine the regulatory model?
With questions being asked over the UK’s infrastructure by the Treasury, green groups, the National Infrastructure Commission (NC) and citizens’ groups, pressure for public ownership from the Labour...
View ArticleNet zero: ‘no role’ for carbon tax but local energy planning could be key for...
The UK’s new ‘Net Zero’ target has “a wonderful simplicity … because we have to decarbonise everything. There are no excuses. You have to look at every sector and find out how we are going to get the...
View ArticleFrom the monthly Report: can new business models disrupt the supply market?
In the July issueof New Power Report we spoke to two companies with new business models for domestic users. Instead of selling kWh they are offering consumer energy goods like PV and batteries...
View ArticleUK offshore wind terms ‘could exclude all but large utilities and oil and gas...
The UK has effectively excluded smaller companies from taking part in its future offshore wind projects, according to Andy KInsella, chief executive of Mainstream Renewable Power. In an exclusive...
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Electralink chief promises new innovation space – but warns ‘some people will...
Innovators will be able to test out new types of energy services without having to make costly upfront changes to electricity industry rules in a new initiative by industry body Electralink. ‘Flow...
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Pensions trustees face new requirement: invest with climate change risk in mind
UK pension funds are looking for investments in green energy, Doug McMurdo, chair of the Local Authority Pension Find Forum, told a fringe meeting at the Conservative Party conference. He told the...
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Will offshore wind’s successes crowd out the floating option? New Power talks to Deborah Greaves, University of Plymouth and SuperGen ORE High cost and with little international interest: is hydrogen...
View ArticleFrom New Power Report: SuperGen’s Deborah Greaves discusses the move from...
Deborah Greaves is heading the new Supergen offshore renewable energy (ORE) Hub, whose stated aim is, “to bring together for mutual benefit the related research areas of wave, tidal and offshore wind...
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Get set for liquidity changes: Ofgem says market making obligation likely to lapse Inertia: “This is not power engineering, this is signal processing and communications engineering” Offshore wind:...
View ArticleSecure and Promote ‘market making obligation’ suspended from 18 November
Ofgem has announced that the ‘market making obligation’, part of the ‘Secure and Promote’ measures intended to improve liquidity in the power market, will be suspended from 18 November. The regulator...
View ArticleInertia measurement solutions under investigation
On 4 November National Grid ESO published an invitation to tender for new inertia solutions that can be deployed as early as April 2020. In this tender (Phase One of its ‘pathfinder’) it is expects to...
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12 interviews of Christmas: Fiona Howarth, Octopus EV
Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update...
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12 interviews of Christmas: Sue Ferns, Prospect
Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update...
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12 interviews of Christmas: Lesley Griffith Minister of Environment, Energy...
Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update...
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12 interviews of Christmas: George Day, ES Catapult
Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update...
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12 interviews of Christmas: Jonathan Maxwell, Sustainable Development Capital
Happy Christmas to all our readers. To celebrate the start of 2020 we present 12 interviews previously only available to our subscribers. New Power Report subscription includes: Weekly email Update...
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