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Drax has confirmed it is in talks with Iberdrola to buy a portfolio of gas, hydro and pumped storage plants from its UK subsidiary Scottish Power.
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A resurgence in coal generation driven by rising gas prices could lead to the first year-on-year increase in power sector emissions in more than half a decade, a new report has warned.
The system operator said the move to close to real-time procurement will create new opportunities for wind and solar generators that cannot forecast their availability with sufficient certainty to participate in the existing monthly tenders.
The government has been urged to block plans by Drax to replace the two remaining coal units at its power station in Yorkshire with combined-cycle gas turbines.
Millennium Wind Energy has proposed an extension to the discount on transmission charges currently available to some small-scale generators in Scotland.
“Our purpose is changing the way energy is generated, supplied and used for a better future”
Ofgem has approved a package of reforms to the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) being introduced in preparation for a new Europe-wide balancing platform.
Horizon Nuclear Power has appointed Bechtel as the project management contractor for the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on the Isle of Anglesey.
UK Power Networks has proposed adopting a “flexibility first” approach to the delivery of extra
A 168MW virtual power plant operated by smart energy firm Limejump has become the first balancing mechanism unit (BMU) to be aggregated across multiple grid supply points.
Two-thirds of people would like to see the market share of the big six energy suppliers broken up to allow cleaner, locally owned energy systems to grow, a survey has found.
Coal generation is “edging closer to extinction” during the summer season after supplying just 1.3
Renewables provided nearly 30 per cent of the electricity generated in the UK in 2017, official figures have revealed, as output jumped by a fifth due to high winds and new capacity.
Drax profits have fallen after the company suffered two unplanned outages at its power station in Yorkshire - one caused by a fire at the biomass rail unloading facility at the end of 2017.
The think tank said the UK is unlikely to remain a full participant in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over the long term.
It’s once again the time of year when National Grid gazes deep into its crystal
The regulator assessed a total of 116 amendments - four suggested by itself and the rest by industry stakeholders.
Energy and clean growth minister Claire Perry has written to National Grid to give her final decision on the procurement targets for the next round of capacity market auctions.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has appointed independent regulation expert Tracey Barlow to head
Switching over the gas network to hydrogen and other green gases could start immediately, Labour’s