Offshore wind: Hywind floats
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm was opened this month by Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon and has started to deliver electricity to the grid. The scheme has a price tag of nearly £200 million.
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Electric vehicles: Ovo joins with Nissan
Carmaker Nissan and energy company OVO have announced plans to offer a vehicle-to-grid deal to customers who buy a Nissan LEAF from January 2018.
Electric vehicles: E.On offers Economy 7
E.On has launched a tariff for electric and hybrid vehicle owners, using energy purchased from 100% renewable electricity and green gas.
Electric vehicles: Shell launch
Shell has launched a new on-forecourt electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service.
CCS: New interest
Parliament has been told that the UK government will publish a so-called deployment pathway for carbon capture, utilisation and storage within the next year and set up a task force within the next month that will look at the economics.
Eaton offers ‘free money’
Power management company Eaton is building an energy service for data centres that will enable organisations to participate in grid-level frequency regulation by using UPS back-up power.
Open deal for Severn Trent
Water and sewerage company Severn Trent has partnered with Open Energi to unlock demand flexibility from its equipment.
Future View - extended version
Traditional utilities are transforming into e-utilities, using big data and new IT opportunities to offer services to distributed energy providers, prosumers and connected-home customers. New Power asked companies working at the intersection of e
Business suppliers may face Ofgem action over slow rollout of half-hourly meters
Suppliers are now required to transfer all their business customers to half-hourly meters under an industry modification known as P272, according to data released by Elexon under industry modification P315.
Contracts for difference – or for a new kind of wholesale market?
In a recent Perspective in New Power Report, Mark Meyrick argued that contracts for difference would skew the wholesa