A Freedom of Information request by the Belfast Telegraph has revealed several significant power schemes that are held up waiting for the return of a fully-functioning devolved administration in Northern Ireland with ministers in post.
Welsh government ministers have called in Horizon Power’s planning application to start clearance work for a new nuclear power station – Wylfa Newydd – on the island of Anglesey, after concern from conservation groups about the effect on wildlife
The long-running inquiry into Northern Ireland’s botched Renewable Heating Incentive scheme has finished taking evidence.
New utility Social Energy says it is the first to win permission from National Grid ESO to aggregate domestic response, so it can be traded in the Balancing Market.
European power exchange Epex Spot and System Operator National Grid Electricity are developing a platform to host a firm frequency response auction trial in GB next year.
GridBeyond and Electricity North West have formed a partnership to offer enhanced demand-side response (DSR) and intelligent energy service technologies to business customers in the North West of England.
Northern Powergrid will be seeking expressions of interest in flexibility services for next winter.
Early-stage contracts by network companies to test the flexibility market across the country have procured 270MW of services, according to ENA figures from July 2018.
The gas System Operator (SO) has asked for more information from users about gas use in future, as it tries to maintain gas pressures in the system.
SSEN has applied to Ofgem for spending approval to reduce the visual impact of historic transmission infrastructure in Scotland’s Cairngorms National Park.