Bluefield acquires six plants in planned 258MWp pipeline
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has acquired six additional solar plants totalling 104.5MWp.
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New Power Expert Forum: prepare to re-open Electricity Market Reform
There are few signs that Electricity Market Reform (EMR) can deliver the UK’s three energy aims of affordability, security and decarbonisation, according to the New Power Expert Forum. And its members warn that investor confidence in the UK energy sector has slipped over the past year.
National Grid has attracted just a fraction of its target in a new demand response product
National Grid has attracted just a fraction of its target in a new demand response product that would help manage system stresses.
The New Power Interview: Yoav Zingher, Kiwi Power chief executive
Kiwi Power chief executive Yoav Zingher says the demand side of the energy market has not taken off as it seemed it might two years ago. But he remains optimistic about the long term, he told Janet Wood
Flagship tidal array carries hopes of fledgling sector
Industry efforts to generate electricity from the UK’s tides will enter a critical new phase in 2016 with installation of the world’s first mini array of utility-scale turbines off the Scottish coast, says Seb Kennedy
Storage: how pumped hydro is finding a role in a changing market
Large-scale storage has been around for decades in the form of pumped storage. But as Sian Crampsie found, this workhorse of the European energy scene has had to evolve to make its way in the new energy industry
Rebuilding Europe’s utilities: what’s the direction of travel?
The European energy industry is awash with new ideas, new players and new products. Old utilities are struggling to evolve fast enough to keep up and some have decided on wholesale restructuring. Janet Wood looked at how the changes are being received
FIT review leaves PV focus on rooftop scale
The feed-in tariff (FIT) will remain in place until 2019, the government has decided. The scheme will resume – at lower tariff levels – after a four-week pause between 15 January and 8 February.
CMA finds too little competition in prepayment
Prepayment customers get a raw deal from energy suppliers, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found.
Treasury plans reform of independent regulators
HM Treasury has signalled a shake-up among the UK’s independent regulators, with energy leading the way.