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Imperial College London announces £7m low-carbon project

Research will focus on understanding the “increasingly complex interactions between electricity, gas, heat and transport systems, resulting in a suite of software tools that can provide a range of possible futures for the UK’s energy system”.

6 years ago

Former Tesla VP appointed adviser of Solo Energy

The former vice-president of Tesla EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), Ben Hill, has been appointed commercial and technical adviser of energy storage specialists, Solo Energy.

6 years ago

National Grid to trial weekly frequency response auctions

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.

6 years ago

Upgrades to improve network resilience to save £40m

Four electricity network companies have joined forces to replace the loss of mains protection systems for 800MW of distributed generation in the South of England.

6 years ago

Sturgeon opens offshore windfarm boasting world’s most powerful turbines

6 years ago

World’s largest offshore windfarm officially opens

The Walney Extension project in the Irish Sea features 47 of MHI Vestas’ 8.25MW V164 turbines and 40 of Siemens Gamesa’s 7MW SWT154 turbines - giving it a total capacity of 659MW.

6 years ago

Decarbonisation costs will increase without nuclear, says MIT

Excluding nuclear from the energy mix dramatically increases the cost of decarbonising the power system, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

6 years ago

Innogy secures financing for Triton Knoll offshore wind project

Innogy has now secured all of the necessary financing to build the £2 billion Triton Knoll offshore wind project.

6 years ago

Onshore wind projects to ‘drop sharply’ this year

Delivery of new onshore wind projects will "drop sharply" this year following a record-breaking rate of new installations in 2017, a new report by Renewable UK has predicted.

6 years ago

Government to use higher load factors for CfD scheme

The government is pressing ahead with plans to assume higher load factors for renewable projects supported by bill payers through contracts for difference (CfDs).

6 years ago

Proposal to extend grid discount for small generators in Scotland

Millennium Wind Energy has proposed an extension to the discount on transmission charges currently available to some small-scale generators in Scotland.

6 years ago

North of Scotland could see huge growth in renewables

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has predicted the North of Scotland could be set for an explosion in renewables in a new report setting out a range of credible scenarios for the future of energy in the area.

6 years ago

Innogy’s £100m onshore windfarm in Wales officially opens

Welsh environment minister Hannah Blythyn has officially opened the 57.4MW Brechfa Forest West onshore windfarm near Carmarthen in South Wales.

6 years ago

Green energy tariffs are among the ‘cheapest on the market’

Green energy tariffs are among the cheapest on the market but common misconceptions about them still remain, uSwitch.com has found.

6 years ago

Faraday Grid receives funding as part of £1m project

Faraday Grid has been awarded £1 million in funding from Innovate UK to support the development of the company’s Faraday Exchanger technology.

6 years ago

UK Power Networks proposes ‘flexibility first’ doctrine

UK Power Networks has proposed adopting a “flexibility first” approach to the delivery of extra

6 years ago

Two-thirds want to see ‘break up’ of big six

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.

6 years ago

Scots ‘need more support’ to hit climate change targets

Scottish consumers will need to make significant changes to the way they use energy if government emissions targets are to be met, a study has found.

6 years ago

BEIS survey finds support for renewable energy dips slightly

Support for renewable energy has dipped by three per cent from a peak of 85 per cent earlier this year, a government survey has found.

6 years ago

Innogy sells stake in Triton Knoll offshore wind project

Innogy has agreed to sell shares in the £2 billion Triton Knoll offshore wind project

6 years ago