Kilkenny plans
Gaelectric has agreed a €38 million financing package for construction of two windfarms in county Kilkenny.
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Are ‘cluster’ benefits significant?
There is little evidence that the development of a ‘large cluster’ for offshore wind staging and manufacturing activities would significantly reduce the marginal cost of energy from the UK’s offshore wind projects, compared with supply chain devel
CMA blocks ICE/Trayport merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) wants comments on plans to force Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to sell Trayport.
Go-ahead for Teesside plant
Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Commodities and Financial Markets have reached financial close on £900 million of funding for a 299MW biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant on Teesside.
Kent biomass acquired
Copenhagen Infrastructure II, a fund under Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, and through it PensionDanmark and 18 other institutional investors, has teamed with Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) to acquire the Kent biomass-fir
Hornsea Two gets consent
The Hornsea Two offshore windfarm has received development consent from business and energy secretary Greg Clark.
When complete, the windfarm will have a capacity of up to 1,800MW.
Ofgem wants action on CMA plans
Ofgem wants suppliers to “move early” on getting disengaged energy customers to be more active in the market, saying it will “not be easy or quick” to get customers who rarely look at their bills to engage.
New fund seeking clean tech companies
Major hedge fund manager Lansdowne is set to launch a new fund focusing on clean energy companies. Sources familiar with the project said the fund, due for launch in Q4, will have 20-30 -positions.
Technologies queuing to 2017
Feed-in tariffs (FITs) for anaerobic digestion (AD), photovoltaics (PV) and wind installations of 100-1,500kW have been so in demand that installations are now queued to 2017, with some windfarms having to wait until October 2017, according to rec
SSE under investigation
Ofgem has launched an investigation into SSE’s prepayment meter (PPM) processes.