Tom Grimwood

Capacity auction clears at £45/kW

Latest on RIIO2 appeals

National Grid to appeal cost of equity for RIIO2

Triton Knoll offshore windfarm generates first power

Triton Knoll offshore windfarm has begun generating power following the commissioning of the transmission infrastructure for the 857MW array. RWE began installing the 90 turbines that will make up the windfarm in January.

Electricity networks streamline standard flexibility contract

Drax plans to equip two biomass units with CCS

WPD urged to be ‘more radical or ambitious’ for RIIO ED2

The chair of the customer engagement group for Western Power Distribution’s RIIO ED2 business plan has written to its chief executive, Phil Swift, to urge the company to be “more radical or ambitious” after the distribution network operator published an early draft last month. Duncan McCombie welcomed its “open and transparent approach” and “radical candour” but said most of its commitments only represent “incremental change from those currently being delivered in ED1.”

Meeting the scale of the challenge: system planning for net zero

Drax abandons plans to build 3.6GW of new gas generation

Building new gas turbines risks stranding £9bn of assets