Feature: Large and far away... Or small and close by?
Gordon Edge sees a new power paradigm – change will move from the edge to the centre, and a new industry will emerge split between large and small
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Stepping up: Triodos to make a bigger splash
Triodos has been quietly funding small and community renewable energy projects in the UK for 21 years.
Transitional capacity market auction clears at £45/kW – ten companies win contracts
About 312MW of demand response won one-year contracts for delivery in 2017/18 in late March’s capacity market transitional auction. The clearing price was £54.00/kW a year, clearing in round six.
Brexit: Industry asks, what will the rules of the game be for the energy market in future?
The “indications are that we won’t be part of the Internal Electricity Market (IEM)”, after Brexit, Nina Skorupska, chief executive of the Renewable Energy Association (REA), told the Select Committee on Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (B
BEIS expects fast phase-out of coal but slow progress towards flexibility
The latest projections from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) indicate a complete phase-out of coal-fired generation early in the next decade, to be replaced in the long term by renewables, nuclear and increasing n
System operator prepares to set out new options on ancillary services procurement
Next week (3 April) National Grid is expected to set out its plans for a new regime for procuring ancillary services as part of a consultation.
April News in Brief
Fred Olsen Renewables aims to extend its Cristal Rig complex of windfarm projects near Dunbar. Six more turbines are on the cards, which would bring the total to 91 with a capacity of 214MW.
Task force on district heat
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has launched a task force on district heating, aiming to deliver a subsidy-free heat network market with strong protections for consumers.
Planning fees hiked
Charges for power generation projects designated as nationally important infrastructure projects (NSIPs) such as power plants and transmission connection schemes have gone up by effectively 50%.
Seabed devolution
Legislation handing powers over the seabed to Scotland’s three island councils – Shetland, Orkney and Comhairle and Eilean Siar (the Western Isles) – is due to be considered by the Scottish Parliament later this year, probably in May.