Assessing the new water risk
Defra is reforming water abstraction. The evolving policy has important implications for thermal power plants and for industry as a whole, as Karma Ockenden reports
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Even the smallest generators will have to help manage the system in future. The change should reduce costs overall, but may increase costs for some generators. For some it means new product standards, for others it
October 2016 people news
Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed Centrica’s former head of corporate responsibility Georgia Berry as her Energy & Infrastructure special adviser.
Enterprise-funded subsidy to be capped
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has changed its approach to avoiding ‘over-rewarding’ businesses that have used enterprise investment tax relief schemes as well as capacity market contracts.
New look for system alerts
National Grid is launching a dedicated website to keep participants in the capacity market up to date and allow them to register for alerts and other market information.
Triton go-ahead
The Triton Knoll offshore windfarm is set to enter the next Contracts for Difference auction after offshore connection works won development consent.
The works include:
Humber Gateway assets bought by BBEC
Transmission assets at E.On’s Humber Gateway offshore windfarm are to be sold to BBEC, a consortium comprising Balfour Beatty Investments and Equitix.
October 2016 News in Brief
Centrica has applied for an environmental permit for its planned 50MW gas engine array at Brigg. The embedded generator would be used to meet peak demand.
Five on Burbo Bank shortlist
Five consortia have been shortlisted in a tender being run by Ofgem to own and run the £230 million transmission link to the Burbo Bank Extension offshore windfarm.
New plant planned
Eggborough Power Ltd (EPL) has announced plans for a 2,000MW combined cycle gas-fired power station on the site of its existing coal-fired power station at Eggborough near Goole in East Yorkshire.