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Ready, steady, slow

At a time when we desperately need new capacity, it doesn't makes sense to insist that new CCGT plants are carbon capture ready 30 years before they have to be, says Miles Thomas

11 years ago

Utility Regulator approves £44 million to prepare Northern Ireland grid for renewables

More than £44 million of investment for renewable energy in Northern Ireland has been approved by the Utility Regulator, it was announced today.

11 years ago

Stepping on the gas with LNG

Can liquefied natural gas help Europe to diversify and secure its future gas supplies, or are the many planned import terminal projects just pipe dreams? Siân Crampsie reports

11 years ago

European market simulator to assess feed-in tariffs

Electricity regulators around Europe are likely to adopt a new market simulator that its developers claim can show whether policies such as feed-in tariffs (FITs) are the best way to integrate renewable generation into grids.

11 years ago

European electricity association criticises ‘volatile’ energy policy

'Volatile' energy policy within EU member states is the main reason behind a poor investment climate in the energy sector, according to a report by Eurelectric, a pan-European electricity association.

11 years ago

Coalition urges public participation to prevent delays to electricity grid development

National Grid has joined forces with European grid operators and NGOs to call for measures to prevent delays to electricity grid development.

11 years ago

Energy Bill: Juliet Davenport on EMR

Good Energy chief executive Juliet Davenport tells Janet Wood what she is lobbying government to include in imminent Electricity Market Reform.

11 years ago

Energy Bill: capacity mechanisms

11 years ago

Things are looking up

Energy supplier interest in investing in upstream gas assets is escalating - especially at Centrica - on the back of continuing high gas prices and security of supply concerns. Nigel Hawkins writes

11 years ago

Europe’s grid ‘can take more solar’

Proponents of solar generation say it could play a bigger role in Europe's energy mix, but they fear it is low on the priority list of policymakers and regulators. Vic Wyman reports

11 years ago

UK Power Networks buys three electric vehicles that will take part in Low Carbon London trial

UK Power Networks (UKPN) has added to its Low Carbon London electric vehicle (EV) trial after purchasing three for its own fleet.

11 years ago

Constraint fees crackdown

by Mathew Beech Ofgem is cracking down on “profiteering” by electricity generators during periods of

11 years ago

DNOs emphasise focus on customers

Distribution network operators (DNOs) are starting to focus on their customers and not just engineering

11 years ago

Mod raises cash-out hopes

by Roger Milne The gas industry has expressed guarded optimism that Ofgem may be about

11 years ago

Low and behold

11 years ago

Capacity for confusion

11 years ago

Grid, reference

11 years ago

Isle of Green

In partnership with SSE, the Isle of Wight is pioneering sustainable energy self-sufficiency. It could be a model for others, says Andrew Williams

11 years ago

Smart network cost model ‘could save billions’

11 years ago

SSE seeks transmission work go-ahead for Moray Firth windfarm

12 years ago

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