Interconnectors under question: do savings from pooling generation across borders outweigh risk of pushing out domestic power?
The UK should add two further interconnectors to its plans to bring capacity to 17.4GW, according to National Grid.
The UK should add two further interconnectors to its plans to bring capacity to 17.4GW, according to National Grid.
Intergen has announced financial close and funding for Spalding Energy Expansion, a 300MW gas-fired plant in Spalding, Lincolnshire, which was awarded a 15-year capacity agreement in the December 2016 Capacity Market auction.
In his inaugural lecture at UCL in February, Michael Grubb, professor of international energy and climate change policy, argued that the “financialisation” of the energy industry has broken the link between markets and strategic investment.
Professor Michael Grubb argues that major capital-intensive energy assets such as nuclear power plants are effectively government projects and should be planned and funded as such (see box, p6).
The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme has been “uncertain” value for money, the National Audit Office has concluded.
Heat network customers should have their bills capped to ensure they are charged no more than customers that use natural gas, energy regulator Ofgem has told the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which is conducting an inquiry into heat net
Giving evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee in February, energy minister Claire Perry MP said the UK had a “triple test” for providing R&D funding for any form of decarbonising technology: “Can we deliver a cost-effective pathway f
The government should improve investment conditions in low-cost renewable energy such as onshore wind to support competitive industrial electricity prices, according to a report from the Aldersgate Group.
Canadian Solar has completed the sale of 24 operational solar power plants across England, Wales and Scotland, with a total capacity of 142MWp, to Greencoat Solar II, managed by Greencoat Capital.
GE and Arenko Group have announced a strategic alliance to build grid-scale energy storage systems in the UK.
Arenko has invested in a 41MW battery supplied by GE, sited in the Midlands, which will commence operations in 2018.