Nuclear operator EDF Energy today confirmed both reactors at Dungeness B will continue to be out of service until July. The reactors shut down in September 2018, when safety inspections revealed corrosion in both cores and in associated pipework. Both AGR generators at the plant in Kent entered service in the mid-1980s. EDF is seeking Read more…
Iberdrola “two decades ahead of energy transition” and making it pay
Scottish Power parent Iberdrola’s 13 per cent surge in group profits to £2.89 billion (€3.4 billion) last year reflects its two decades of steady renewables investment, according to CEO Ignacio Galán. Galán said its push into clean generation puts Iberdrola “20 years ahead of the current energy transition.” The group’s full 2019 results reveal a Read more…
Commercial coal generation at Drax to end in 2021, group confirms
The Drax power plant will cease commercial coal-fired power generation in March next year, four years ahead of the UK’s deadline to quit the fuel, the company has confirmed. Once Europe’s largest coal-fired power station, coal accounted for only 3 per cent of the Yorkshire plant’s generation in 2019, rendered uneconomic by rising carbon prices. Read more…
Centrica’s Mark Futyan to lead Anesco
Centrica’s Distributed Power Systems director, Mark Futyan, is to become CEO at solar and storage developer Anesco. He succeeds Kevin Mouatt, who steps down next month after four years at the helm Futyan said he is “delighted to join Anesco,” a firm that has “never been afraid to break new ground”. Anesco’s Clayhill Farm, a Read more…
Electron, EDF, SSEN, Kaluza to launch Orkney flexibility exchange
A consortium including Community Energy Scotland, CGI, EDF, Elexon, Energy Systems Catapult, Kaluza and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is set to launch a flexibility exchange in Orkney. Electron is leading the TraDER trial, which has secured £1.6m from government, with £1.1m in match funding from the consortium. Downing LLP and United Utilities are also Read more…
Compare the flex market: Piclo lands Beis funding for next phase
Piclo is preparing to launch the next phase of its flexibility platform, a genuine marketplace that enables people to bid into multiple tenders – and trade their commitments. It will also provide ‘compare the market’ type functionality for people to strike standardised and simplified flexible PPAs – using historical data to rate providers. The company Read more…
United Utilities buys 2MW battery, co-locates with solar, plans flex trades
United Utilities has ordered a 2MW battery storage system from Zenobe. Believed to be the biggest yet in the UK water industry, the utility will deploy the battery to support PV at its Clifton Marsh treatment plant near Preston. Targeted for full operation in late May, the battery will enable United to trade in flexibility Read more…
Britain’s corporates the sick men of Europe on low carbon spending
British companies ‘last in Europe’ in spending on low carbon business processes, survey by Carbon Disclosure Project finds UK corporations contributed only three per cent of Europe’s investment in carbon-cutting technologies last year, a survey among members of the Carbon Disclosure Project reveals. Its ‘Doubling Down’ report analyses carbon-cutting budgets declared for 2019 by CDP Read more…
Japan’s Sumitomo invests £36m in cryogenic storage firm Highview Power
Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has landed a $46m (£35.6m) investment from Japanese manufacturing giant Sumitomo Heavy Industries. Lancashire-based Highview has been seeking funds to extend its cryo battery technology, which can deliver long duration storage at scale. In 2018 the company opened a 5 MW/15 MWh pilot in Bury. It is now developing Read more…
Western Link failure sees National Grid ‘pay £31m to turn off wind farms’
The failure of the high voltage undersea cable between west Scotland and north Wales last month resulted in National Grid ESO paying almost £31m for wind farm operators to curtail output. Consultancy Cornwall Insight calculated the figure based on Balancing Mechanism data and prices during what was an exceptionally windy month. The Western Link HVDC Read more…
EDF and Wärtsilä strike 100MW battery deal
EDF has ordered 100MW of storage from Wärtsilä and will deploy the batteries at two UK projects, the 50MW Oxford ‘superhub’ and at a site in Sittingbourne, north Kent. The sites are both projects developed by Pivot Power, recently acquired by EDF. The Oxford superhub scheme was originally set to include 48MW battery and 2MW Read more…
Heathrow claims 93 per cent emissions cut, offsets rest, targets zero
Heathrow Airport says it has cut emissions 93 per cent since 1990 and has committed to offset the remainder. As such, the airport has achieved carbon neutral status. The firm said it has spent £100m on energy efficiency measures since 1990, plus investment in on-site generation. It also buys clean power. However, the most up-to-date Read more…
Delivering net zero: Heat | Power | Transport – register for your free ticket
The Energyst is bringing together experts to discuss key challenges in decarbonising business and industry. Two co-located events form one overall banner: Delivering Net Zero: Heat | Power | Transport. Two linked halls at Silverstone 22-23 April. Register to attend for free at The EV Event or The Energyt Event. Our aim is to join the Read more…
Mitie commits to net zero by 2025
Facilities management firm Mitie has committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2025. The firm now has five years to decarbonise, but says that by attempting to do so it can show other businesses, including existing and new clients, that decarbonisation is possible. Mitie said there are three pillars to its ‘Plan Zero’: Eliminate Read more…
Royal Society: ammonia could power shipping, district heating and storage
Converting high carbon diesel engines in ships to run on clean ammonia would slash carbon emissions, according to a report from the world’s oldest scientific institution. The Royal Society says ‘green’ ammonia could also fuel district heating and provide energy storage. The policy briefing states that chilled ammonia made with green electricity can easily adopted Read more…
Green gas: Net zero through corporate collaboration?
Philipp Lukas, MD and founder of Future Biogas, says collaboration is key to achieving net zero. Hence the firm opening up its labs to other anaerobic digestion producers. With Australia burning and the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest accelerating, the urgency with which we need to reduce our carbon emissions to zero has never been Read more…
REGOs a go go: Scottish Power ups ante with green power pledge
Scottish Power has upped the ante in green power supply, announcing that all its domestic fixed tariffs will be backed by power sourced from its own UK wind farms. The Iberdrola-owned supplier, which last year divested its remaining fossil assets to Drax, added to calls for the regulator to tighten up the current certification scheme, Read more…
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos puts $10bn into climate change fund
Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest man, is donating $10 billion to causes combatting the climate emergency. The Bezos Earth Fund will award its first grants this summer, benefitting climate activists, researchers and NGOs. Announcing his fund yesterday via Instagram, the Amazon founder declared that the planet’s battle against climate change can still be won. “It’s Read more…
Government provides more funds for hydrogen projects
Government has awarded £70m of funding for hydrogen projects, including production and industrial fuel switching. It has also awarded £20m for smart and local energy projects. Recipients of of funds for hydrogen projects include the HyNet consortium, which aims to build hydrogen plus CCS infrastructure in the North West, piping out emissions to be buried Read more…
Renewable power generators go short on PPAs in hope prices will rise
Independent renewable generators are striking shorter term deals with offtakers in the hope that depressed power prices will rise, according to a specialist platform Renewable Exchange. The firm was founded by former Ovo trader Robert Ogden to provide a route to market for smaller generators to sell power to licenced suppliers. In its first full Read more…
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