Nuclear arm sold
Toshiba has sold Westinghouse Electric Company – the nuclear company whose plant design is intended for construction in Moorside, Cumbria – to Canadian asset manager Brookfield for $4.6 billion.
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Uniper sale
E.On has confirmed it will sell its 46.65% stake in spin-off Uniper to Fortum for €22 per share. The voluntary takeover offer was made on 7 November.
RWE refocus
RWE has started the new year with a new setup in its generation business.
£60m up for grabs
The Scottish Government has announced a new £60 million fund to help large-scale projects that support Scotland’s Energy Strategy, which was published in December 2017.
Offshore electrics
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is looking for a UK-based university partner for electrical infrastructure R&D relating to offshore renewable technologies.
North-South go-ahead
EirGrid Group has welcomed the decision by officials in the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland to approve planning permission for the northern leg of the North South Interconnector, a 400kV scheme that links power grids on both side
Consider cable burial
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is seeking views on a new cost-benefit methodology for seabed cables.
CCGT for SSE
SSE has announced plans for a new CCGT at the Ferrybridge site in Yorkshire.
Opinion: Swimming against the flow is never easy – especially against government policy
Hydropower can benefit the environment and gives communities a positive view of renewables, says Mark Simon. It is worth continued investment
Opinion: It’s time to get moving on tackling inertia
Grid inertia has for many years been provided by rotating equipment at fossil fuel plant. New sources of inertia have to be found as those plants close. Andrew Strong argues that common standards are key.