‘Chaotic’ Npower to pay record £26 million penalty
Npower is to pay £26 million in customer redress and charitable donations and will have to halt selling in June 2016 if it does not meet standards on customer complaints and billing.
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GB seeks best ‘use case’ for demand response
There are two potential routes for the GB energy system to incorporate distributed production, demand-side response and innovative energy management, according to John McLean, director of product marketing at Autogrid.
Decc: a flexible energy system could save billions by 2050
“A smart energy system, based around new forms of flexibility” could help the UK deliver its climate and energy objectives more cost-effectively than the current centralised system, according to a key policy paper published by the Department of En
The New Power Interview: Yoav Zingher, chief executive, Kiwi Power
Six years after Yoav Zingher started Kiwi Power (with co-founder Ziko Abram), the company has grown to use about 750 largely commercial and industrial sites to provide paid-for demand response and grid services.
Drax chief: system cost assessment will show benefits of biomass conversions
Drax Power is hoping a report on ‘whole system’ costs for different technologies, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc), will make the case for converting its second group of three units from coal to biomass fuel.
Rolton Kilbride: waste is a local resource
New energy company Rolton Kilbride is hoping to bring together local authority waste and energy strategies in a new model of development that will see residual waste turned into power in small city-centre sites serving local heat and power needs.
The New Power Interview: Phil Taylor, Professor of Electrical Power Systems, Newcastle University
The idea of a ‘system architect’ is a new one for the energy industry, first put forward in a paper from the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2014.
Can Europe ease the distribution bottleneck?
A key issue to be resolved in the GB market is whether and how to balance at transmission and distribution levels. Similar questions are being asked across Europe, as Janet Wood found
Energy Union: rethink or rebranding?
In November, the European Parliament debated progress towards the European Commission’s aim of an Energy Union. Janet Wood looked at the plans
On report: how financial regulations are being implemented in energy
Energy transactions are being brought, at least partially, under financial conduct regulations. Janet Wood looked at EMIR, Remit and Mifid