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NuGen has announced that it is cutting more than half of the jobs on its troubled new build nuclear project at Moorside in Cumbria.
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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.
A total of 131 MPs, which forms about one-fifth of the 646-strong House of Commons, have signed a letter to Theresa May, calling on the government to to adopt a net zero greenhouse gas emissions target before 2050.
A broad coalition of businesses and pressure groups has urged Theresa May to accelerate the phase-out of new petrol and diesel cars and vans.
"To drive positive change in our sector, I believe a number of new models need to be implemented"
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.
NuGen’s board is meeting today (10 September) to consider job cuts on its troubled project to build a new nuclear plant in Cumbria.
Good news for anyone wishing to enter the 2018 Utility Week Awards, as the deadline has been extended to Thursday 13 September.
The nuclear industry lags behind other industries in terms of technological innovation over recent decades, the director general of the OECD’s Nuclear Energy Agency has said.
The "Charge EV" tariff is 100 per cent renewable electricity, made up of 10 per cent green gas and the remaining 90 per cent gas is carbon offset, the company claims.
A report into decarbonisation by Imperial College London and Ovo Energy has found increasing residential flexibility could cut costs by almost £7 billion.
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.
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).
The European Commission has dropped tariffs on solar panels imported from China after ruling that the benefits of lower prices to consumers and installers would outweigh any harm to manufacturers in the EU.
Mid-tier green energy supplier Octopus Energy has acquired West Sussex-based Affect Energy for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.
Industry bosses have warned Jean-Claude Juncker and Theresa May that the all-Ireland Single Electricity Market faces an "existential risk" if tariffs are slapped on energy trading between the UK and the EU following Brexit.
Clean energy has been promised a share of an extra £1.5 billion per annum pledged by Nicola Sturgeon for infrastructure in Scotland.
SP Energy Networks (SPEN) has launched a public consultation to help plan the future of electricity transmission in Scotland as part of its 2021-2026 investment plan for RIIO T2.
The solar sector will see widespread job losses and company closures if the government proceeds with plans to axe the feed-in tariff (FIT) without a replacement, a new survey has indicated.
