Will two reactor designs win design acceptance in 2017?
The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has given an update on its Generic Design Assessments (GDAs) for two new reactors proposed for the UK.
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Tesla prices-up charging
Tesla has announced it will begin charging Tesla owners who charge their vehicles using its ‘Supercharger Network’.
GB Energy out of business
Small supplier GB Energy Supply has ceased trading.
OAPs are switchers
More than three-quarters (78%) of the over-65s have switched energy supplier at some point, making them some of the most active consumers in the energy market according to new research by the Energy Ombudsman.
MeyGen in operation
Atlantis Tidal’s MeyGen project site in the Pentland Firth, Scotland, has successfully produced power for the first time. When fully completed, the project is set to be the world’s largest free-stream tidal power project.
Three for cap and floor
Ofgem has agreed that three projects submitted in its interconnector ‘application window’, which closed on 31 October, are eligible for the ‘cap and floor’ regime.
Parliamentary report: Welsh options up for discussion
Peers have been grappling with the implications of new powers for the Welsh government and assembly in relation to energy projects as part of the devolutionary Wales Bill currently under scrutiny by the upper chamber.
The New Power Interview: Merlin Hyman, Regen SW
Regen SW has turned a ‘can do’ attitude on renewables in its region into a national centre of excellence.
Sparking a smarter power revolution
Lucy Symons says there is appetite in most businesses to help manage the grid. A little education could go a long way to delivering it
Opinion: Clean or green?
The Conservative Party conference included a welcome indication from chancellor Philip Hammond that the government was ready if not to pick winners, then at least to lay some industrial groundwork.