Perspective: Right, but wrong
For what still sometimes feels and is treated like a fledgling industry, wind is beginning to feel its age. Windfarms are reaching the end of their lives.
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Perspective: In the charging war, customers will lose
Open war seems to have broken out in the industry between large central generation and distributed plant.
Park life: local power sites
Sian Crampsie looks at companies investing in so-called car park plants to meet the country’s growing need for peaking power
Can customers help build resilient infrastructure?
Sharon Darcy is leading Sustainability First’s ‘New-Pin’ work on resilience. Janet Wood spoke to her about how resilience is changing, how customers can help – and how the distributional impacts should be managed
SmartDCC delays leave industry counting the cost of realigning test programmes again
News that delivery of the central hub for the smart meter rollout has been delayed again (it was originally planned in 2015) was met with anger in the energy industry.
The evolving energy industry: considering I&C customers’ priorities
The energy industry is facing radical change, with the advent of distributed generation, data-driven customer relationships, greater competition and sophisticated intermediaries.
Moorside link could be first CATO as Ofgem presses on with plans for network competition
More network investment opportunities are arising on and off shore as Ofgem takes forward its plans to introduce competition in the industry.
No DSBR for 2016/17
National Grid is talking afresh to demand-side balancing reserve (DSBR) providers about how they can respond to the need for peak services this winter, after it had ‘minimal’ response to its June tender for the service to be provided over the wint
Oldest Welsh farm to repower
Rhyd-y-Groes Windfarm has received planning consent from Anglesey County Council to be repowered.
Kilkenny plans
Gaelectric has agreed a €38 million financing package for construction of two windfarms in county Kilkenny.