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World’s largest offshore wind farm now fully operational

Hornsea Two – the world’s largest offshore wind farm – is now fully operational, Orsted has announced. The wind farm, located 89 kilometres off the coast of Yorkshire, features 165 of Siemens Gamesa’s 8MW turbines, giving it a total capacity of more than 1.3GW. Meanwhile, Ofgem has announced that Diamond Transmission Partners has been selected as the preferred bidder to own and operate the £1.2 billion transmission connection.

3 years ago

Electricity market reform: it’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it

3 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Utilities and regulators ‘not fit for purpose’

In the latest round-up of the national newspapers for the summer bank holiday weekend, former government advisor and Oxford professor Sir Dieter Helm says the UK’s utilities and regulators are “not fit for purpose”. Meanwhile, the boss of oil giant Shell warns Europe could face years of energy rationing if Russia completely cuts off gas supplies and half of Tory voters support the nationalisation of energy according to a YouGov poll.

3 years ago

Conventional generation

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World’s largest offshore wind farm now fully operational

Electricity market reform: it’s not what you do, it’s the way that you do it

Weekend press round-up: Utilities and regulators ‘not fit for purpose’

‘Huge’ rise in solar farm planning refusals

SSEN offers sign up bonus to flexibility providers

Sunak pledges energy independence law

Winter coal contracts expected to cost up to £420m

ESO issues Capacity Margin Notice for second time this summer

ESO considering winter demand flexibility service

Ofgem reveals members of Capacity Market Advisory Group

ENA consults on improvements to flexibility markets

ESO gives early view of winter supply margins

What do the CCC’s recommendations mean for utilities?

Parameters and rule changes confirmed for next capacity auctions

Ofgem considering restrictions on Balancing Mechanism prices

BEIS unveils ‘biggest electricity market shake up in decades’

Kwarteng raises postcode lottery fears over local electricity pricing

DNOs contracted 1.9GW of flexibility for 2021/22

Labour slams ‘hokey-cokey’ over windfall tax

Drax seeks consent for £2bn BECCS project