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Bulb has indicated another price rise may be on the cards in November – which
6 years ago
Coal generation is “edging closer to extinction” during the summer season after supplying just 1.3
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has submitted a final needs case to Ofgem for a new 600MW subsea transmission link between the Western Isles and the Scottish mainland.
Bristol Energy has purchased the renewable electricity produced by Thrive’s Clayfords windfarm near Strichen in Aberdeenshire, Scotland for 12 months from September 2018.
The government has kick-started moves to open up electricity capacity market auctions to solar and wind generation.
The company said it achieved operating profit earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (Ebitda) of DKK 8.6 billion (£1.3 billion), up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year.
More than 5,500 churches, including 15 cathedrals, have switched to 100 per cent renewable energy
It didn’t turn out to be the best day for the government to unveil the
Ministers have been accused of complacency about falling rates of investment in renewable energy by the chair of the House of Commons environmental audit committee.
Low wind resource in May and June hit Greencoat’s portfolio generation in the first half of the year, putting it 6 per cent below budget at 951GW.
Octopus Investments has recorded the highest level of generational output of its portfolio of photovoltaic
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.
Figures released by Scottish Power show all its business areas are “performing in line with expectations” in the first half of 2018, according to its chief executive.
Great Yarmouth-based 3Sun Group has been awarded a contract worth more than £2.5 million to help
The survey, commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) from YouGov, shows that 52 per cent of MPs surveyed believe the level of strong opposition to onshore wind is more than 20 per cent.
Claire Perry, minister for clean growth and climate change, announced that the next allocation round for less established technologies will open by May 2019.
SSE’s onshore wind growth added £3.9 billion to the UK and Irish economies over the past decade, the company has estimated.
Responding to a question at a seminar organised by Elexon, the chair of Energy UK said there was "not much" evidence of governmental response to the strains on the grid resulting from the increased decentralisation of generation.
The unusually warm weather has resulted in around 30 per cent less wind generation in June and July compared to the same time last year.
The government has axed subsidies for new small-scale low-carbon electricity generation, sparking dismay from renewable energy bodies.