Generation

Octopus licenses Kraken to manage Masdar battery portfolio

ESO should explore locational price signals for DFS

Planning delay holds up pioneering gas carbon capture plant

RWE’s Tom Glover warns against market revolution

Weekend press: Water company dividends jump to £1.4bn

SSE folds solar and battery team into renewables arm

SSE is folding its 100-strong solar and battery team, which up until now has been incubated in the group’s Enterprise division, into SSE Renewables. The company said the move will help the solar and battery business to grow in scale, whilst also enabling SSE Renewables to benefit from the team's expertise.

First long-term asset fund for renewables gets green light

Solar farm connects to transmission network in UK first

Axing CfDs would increase offshore wind costs by one third

Removing the contracts for difference (CfD) mechanism for offshore wind projects would significantly increase the cost of decarbonising the grid, according to the UK Energy Research Centre (ERC). The falling cost of generating electricity from renewables, termed "price cannibalisation", has prompted question marks over whether technologies such as offshore wind need continued government support such as CfDs. However, new research by the ERC warns that removing the CfD mechanism for offshore wind projects could put the UK's entire energy transition at risk.

70GW solar target risks being missed, MPs warn

The government faces a "considerable shortfall" in meeting its target to install 70GW of solar generation by 2035, a cross party group of MPs has warned energy secretary Grant Shapps. To address the predicted shortfall the Environment Audit Committee has called on Shapps to remove existing barriers to solar installations.

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Offshore wind sector urged to ‘apply the brakes’ in race for bigger turbines

Octopus calls for development zones to speed up connections

Octopus Energy has called for dedicated renewable energy development zones to speed up the grid connection process. It is part of the retailer’s five point plan to tackle grid connection delays, which also calls for greater competition, proactive queue jumping and enforceable sunset clauses on fossil fuel projects.

Offshore wind shortfall would cost households millions

Wylfa needed for UK to hit nuclear targets, MPs warn

It is "difficult to see" how the UK government can deliver its nuclear power ambitions without a plant at Wylfa in north Wales, MPs have warned. The House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee urges UK ministers to prioritise the construction of a new nuclear scale plant on Ynys Mon.