Mini nukes ‘could decarbonise heat and transport and balance renewables’
Mini nuclear power stations located closer to heat demand could help decarbonise energy, not just electricity, argues a new report from think tank Policy...
PPAs boom as corporates eye economic benefits of renewable power
The world’s biggest companies are driving a boom in power purchase agreements (PPAs) with renewable generators.
A new report from the RE100 group, which encompasses...
Aurora: Zero subsidy contracts and balancing access could deliver 30GW of offshore wind
Awarding contracts for difference at power market prices and facilitating better access to balancing products could enable offshore wind to hit 30GW, potentially within...
Shell signs PPA with England’s largest solar farm
Shell has signed a deal to buy all of the power from England's largest solar park, the 69.8MW Bradenstoke development, once RAF Lyneham, near Swindon.
The deal...
UK renewables capacity hits 39GW
Installed renewable capacity hit 38.9GW in the third quarter of 2017, latest government figures show, up 4.4GW year on year.
Of that total, solar PV...
Small wind turbine quality issues see fund write down value
Hazel Renewable Energy will halve the value of part of its small wind portfolio due to quality and technical issues with Chinese-made turbines.
Posting full...
3% of Britain’s wind power ‘wasted’ in 2017
Some 1.49 terawatt hours (1.49 million megawatt hours) or 3% of wind power generated in 2017 was 'wasted' according to consultancy Enappsys.
At average wholesale...
Better weather data and insurance hedges required for post-subsidy solar?
Post subsidies, solar developers have to double down on costs and seek other revenue streams to make project economics stack up. Some are now...
Nottingham City Council: Solar “absolutely still viable”, batteries next
Solar PV is “absolutely still viable” despite subsidies starting to wind down, according to Wayne Bexton, head of energy projects at Nottingham City Council.
The...
Next Energy snaps up two more solar farms
Next Energy Solar Fund (NESF) has acquired two more solar farms totalling 8.6MW.
The 5MW Gilley's Dam farm, sited at an industrial firm in Cornwall,...
Ofgem publishes draft renewables-energy storage collocation guidelines
Ofgem has published draft guidance around collocation of energy storage at renewable generation sites that qualify for subsidies under the Feed-in Tariff (Fit) and...
BP takes big stake in solar firm Lightsource
BP will pay $200m (£149m) for a 43% stake in UK-based solar developer Lightsource.
The firm, which manages some 2GW of solar, will be rebadged...
Faraday Grid: We come from the future to stabilise the power system
Faraday Grid, co-founded by Australian Andrew Scobie, has set up shop in the UK. Its mission is to create “fit for purpose” energy systems...
Total and Reactive Technologies launch hybrid solar-flex PPA, seal 310MW deal
Total Gas & Power and Reactive Technologies believe they can maximise the value of solar via a hybrid power purchase agreement that exploits flexibility...
Tidal energy firm clocks up 1GWh, seeks more funds
Tidal energy firm Scotrenewables says its 2.2MW floating turbine has clocked up 1GWh at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney.
The SR2000, the...
Severn Trent builds three gas-to-grid plants to cut energy bill by £3m
Severn Trent is building three new biomethane plants to turn sewage sludge and other feedstock into gas that can be injected into the grid.
Two sites...
Shell to halve carbon footprint, doubles investment in cleaner energy
Shell has pledged to cut its net carbon footprint 50% by 2050.
The aim relates not just to its own energy use, but the carbon...
Thames Water cuts power bill by £12m via self generation
Thames Water is generating almost a quarter of its power, much of it though sewage.
Posting half year results, the water company said its own...
Ventient Energy launches with 690MW of onshore wind
Ventient Energy officially launched today as the UK's third largest onshore wind generator.
The firm, which combines the portfolio formally owned by Infinis with assets...
Atlantis plans 160MW Wyre tidal barrage
Marine energy firm Atlantis is planning a 160MW tidal barrage in the Wyre estuary with company boss Tim Cornelius touting it as the "pathfinder project...