Limejump brings hydro into VPP
Limejump, soon to be acquired by Shell, is adding hydro to its virtual power plant (VPP) and will trade its power into wholesale and...
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Good Energy pushes harder into b2b market
Good Energy believes its growth will increasingly come from the business market, with energy services the future of its business model.
Posting unaudited full year...
Eon’s Johannes Teyssen: The grid, not generation, will crack decarbonisation
Eon chief executive Johannes Teyssen says the energy sector must change the narrative on climate change, minimise costs of decarbonisation and start working on...
Iain Conn: We will use a lot more gas before we use less
“Natural gas is absolutely crucial and we are going to use more of it before we use less,” according to Centrica CEO, Iain Conn.
Speaking...
Shell: We will be world’s biggest power company
Shell believes it can be the world's biggest power company by the early 2030s driven largely by renewables and gas. It thinks electrification will...
Opinion: Never mind the Brexit, solar and storage stack up
Regardless of Brexit uncertainty, the Capacity Market suspension and regulatory uncertainty created by major charging reviews, integrated solar and storage remain a smart choice...
Northumbrian Water signs offshore wind PPA with Ørsted
Northumbrian Water has signed what is believed to be the UK's first corporate power purchase (PPA) agreement for offshore wind.
It will take around 100GWh...
Warrington Council signs massive solar plus battery storage deal
Warrington Borough Council has signed a huge solar plus battery storage deal, enabling it to generate all of its electricity and make millions of...
Free smart energy seminar, London, 13 March
Free energy industry insight seminar in Central London: explore the energy industry with leading experts in London on 13 March 2019
On Wednesday, 13 March,...
Ashford Council sees £7m income from 9MW solar farm
Ashford Borough Council in Kent wants to build and run its own solar farm. Following advice from the Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) the...
Solar fund plans £20m commercial rooftop PV spree
Next Energy Solar Fund is planning to spend £20m on commercial building rooftop PV in 2019.
The fund has partnered with Zestec Asset Management to...
Engie signs 15-year PPA with Moray East offshore windfarm
French utility Engie will take 23.3 per cent of all the power generated by the 950MW Moray East offshore windfarm when its enters commercial...
Energy efficiency driving UK’s clean economy, renewable heat rises
Energy efficiency remains the bedrock of the UK’s low carbon industry, according to latest government data. Meanwhile turnover in the renewable heat sector saw...
Corporate PPAs double in 2018 as mid-market buyers emerge
Large corporations bought more than double the amount of renewable power from generators via power purchase agreements (PPAs) in 2018 than in 2017, according...
Faraday Grid lands £25m investment
Grid technology company Faraday Grid has received a £25m investment from billionaire businessman Adam Neumann, founder of shared workspaces firm WeWork.
The firm claims its technology enables...
Major utilities join forces to create green finance initiative
Major european energy companies have joined forces to create a sustainable finance forum to drive clean investment.
Founder members of the Corporate Forum on Sustainable Finance...
New CEO for onshore wind generator Ventient
Mark Jones is the new chief exec at Ventient Energy. The firm was formed in 2017 by the merger of the Zephyr and Infinis...
Volkswagen: Carmaker to become energy company
Volkswagen is to launch an energy company. The firm, which recently committed to invest €30bn in electric vehicles over the next five years, will...
FiT replacement: Suppliers to be mandated to buy export power
Government is proposing that suppliers be made to pay something for power exported onto the system by smaller generators.
The move follows widespread condemnation of...