Shared vision needed
The Future Power System Architecture (FPSA2) programme has issued a “call for action” to the government.
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Innovation collaboration
Centrica, Dong Energy, SSE, Scottish Power, Statoil and Wood Group – Clean Energy (previously SgurrEnergy) have signed up to a new collaborative initiative, the Energy Systems Innovation Platform (ESIP), launched by the Carbon Trust.
Subsea grid connection for Shetland
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN), operating under licence as Scottish Hydro Electric Power Distribution, plans to lay a seabed power cable between Caithness and Shetland to provide power to the islands, backed up by diesel generat
Greencoat call
Greencoat Renewables has announced plans for a stock market listing and to raise capital of €250 million.
Enel takes Tynemouth
Enel has bought the Tynemouth battery storage project from Element Power.
The construction-ready project is supported by a four-year EFR contract to provide grid balancing services to National Grid, with a price of about £12/MWh/share.
Foresight takes Port of Tyne
Foresight Group has acquired the Port of Tyne 35MW battery storage project from RES.
Not virtual
Centrica has launched Local Heroes, a service to help customers find trusted local tradespeople to carry out work in their homes.
Vattenfall goes retail
Vattenfall has acquired iSupplyEnergy, which employs 170 people and supplies 120,000 gas and electricity customers.
Flipper switches
Flipper switches
Wessex Water has acquired auto-switch company Flipper.
NIC wants action
The National Infrastructure Commission has joined the Confederation of British Industry, the British Chambers of Commerce and the Federation of Small Businesses to press government to take urgent action on infrastructure decisions – a third of th