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ESO stands down backup coal units

National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has stood down the two backup coal units it had instructed to warm up in anticipation of tight supply margins, saying there would be “adequate available contingency” for Monday evening (12 December). Margins were expected to be tight due the recent cold spell combined with low wind output, which at the time of publication had remained below 2GW throughout Monday.

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Octopus customers receive £1m in flexibility payments

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France vs England: On the pitch and the power market

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Coffey backtracks on solar curbs

The environment secretary has backtracked on moves by Liz Truss' government to review farmland which can be used for solar generation. Therese Coffey said the transfer of agricultural land for energy production was “very attractive” in the light of targets to reach 70GW of solar capacity. The chief executive of Solar Energy UK described Coffey's comments as “a turning point for the entire renewables sector".

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Drax begins exploratory work for Cruachan pumped storage expansion

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Government moves to ease onshore wind planning ban

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Only ‘0.02%’ of UK land needed for onshore wind to meet demand

Just 0.02% of the UK's total land mass would need to be sacrificed in order for the country to triple its existing onshore wind generation capacity, according to a new analysis. The research, debunking the latest claims by the technology's critics, comes as the government apparently agreed to lift the moratorium on onshore wind.

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The material component of the energy transition

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Offshore wind developers facing 12-year connections wait

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Weekend press: Cutting energy prices will take years

Our latest round up of national coverage of the utility sectors this weekend includes a warning that high energy prices are set to remain; delays are expected on a project linking solar generation in northern Africa to the UK; and Octopus' acquisition of Bulb is likened to the Lloyds-HBOS deal in 2008.

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Ease planning rules for ageing onshore wind, industry urges

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Octopus acquires solar developer

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UKPN launches largest flexibility tender

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On the Move: SSE CEO joins Anglian

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More suppliers sign up for ESO’s demand flexibility service

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Meet the Innovators: Johnson Fernandes, CEO, Equiwatt

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Offshore wind already cheaper than onshore – Shapps

The new business and energy secretary of state has claimed that offshore wind procured through the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction round will be cheaper than equivalent power generated onshore. Grant Shapps made the claim as he was pressed repeatedly to end the confusion surrounding whether government is relaxing planning rules in England for onshore wind.

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Shapps gives green lights to energy bill and Sizewell

The government is resuming work on its delayed energy security bill as part of a package of measures to help implement prime minister Rishi Sunak’s pledge to secure British energy independence. The energy secretary also confirmed the government will provide £700 million worth of backing for EDF’s Sizewell C nuclear plant, enabling Chinese state-backed CGN to be bought out from the project.

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BEIS awards £33m to long-duration energy storage demos

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Shapps signals backdown on wind farm curbs

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