Straw-fired plant starts up
The 40MW Brigg Renewable Energy Plant 40MW straw-fired biomass plant has opened in Lincolnshire.
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Fears over AD
The government’s latest review of support for anaerobic digestion (AD) and micro-CHP (combined heat and power) will make it “even harder to deploy viable AD plants”, according to the industry body the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Associa
Gas plants move on to Africa
Mothballed UK gas turbines could be exported to Africa, Silvia Stefini of GE’s Power Services business, told New Power. Exporting second-hand engines “gives some value to an asset they no longer use”, she said.
Nestlé signs community deal
A Community Windpower windfarm in the Scottish borders will power half of Nestlé’s operations in the UK and Ireland when it is completed in 2017.
Call for evidence on feasibility and practicality closes 31 July
Former energy minister Charles Hendry has published a call for evidence on the feasibility and practicality of tidal lagoons in the UK.
Ofgem keen to save customer credit if a supplier fails
Energy regulator Ofgem is planning to refine its ‘supplier of last resort’ arrangements – which take effect when an energy company fails – so that customers who are in credit with the failed supplier are less likely to lose their cash.
Price comparison websites sent to CMA
Ofgem has passed an investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by price comparison websites to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), because it found that its own staff had been in discussions with the websites.
Scots award wind cash
The Scottish Government has made a £1.5 million grant to the Carbon Trust to support its Offshore Wind Accelerator research and design programme.
Set up in 2008, the Accelerator drives new technologies in the offshore wind sector.
Energy systems explored
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has begun a £300,000 project to understand how new ‘energy vectors’ will affect energy systems.
TSO wins high green rating
Ratings agency Moody’s has assigned its highest grade (GB1) to latest green bond offering from Tennet, the Dutch state-owned electricity transmission system operator (TSO).