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Hunt unveils generation levy exemption and grid planning overhaul
Jeremy Hunt has announced that new electricity generation will be exempted from the government’s windfall levy on the sector, while unveiling a wide-ranging package of energy infrastructure planning changes in his Autumn Statement. The statement, widely reckoned to be the last before the next general election, contains a series of announcements on reforming the planning system and speeding up electricity grid connection timetables.
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Experts split on size of long duration storage target
Experts on long duration energy storage (LDES) are split on the necessary target needed to deliver the UK's decarbonisation goal. While some experts have urged the government to set a long-term target of up to 100TWh, others have suggested that a smaller “no regrets” target should be set to “get the ball rolling” on LDES. However, government officials have refused to be pushed on the possible size of a target.
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Government must not slip back into complacency on CfDs
The government must not slip back into the complacency that ultimately led to the failure of the latest Contracts for Difference (CfDs) auctions to attract any bids from offshore wind projects, an industry expert has warned. Earlier this week, the government announced hikes to the strike price caps for next year’s auctions but Adam Bell, director of policy at Stonehaven, said further changes are needed to prevent a repeat of the problems that emerged during allocation round five (AR5).
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Total Energies takes stake in project to link UK and Morocco
Total Energies has acquired a minority stake in an ambitious project to link the UK grid with wind and solar farms in Morocco via subsea cables running along the west coasts of Europe and Africa. The French oil supermajor’s £20 million investment comes after Octopus Energy Group took a stake in the project last year as part of a partnership that could eventually see Octopus’ retail arm obtain offtake rights for the power imported to the UK.
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Octopus makes first acquisition from £3bn wind fund
Octopus Energy has acquired a 12.5% stake in the Walney Extension windfarm site in the Irish Sea. It is the first deal made through its dedicated £3bn wind fund to grow its portfolio of renewably generated energy
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Floating offshore wind budget risks being swallowed up
The government has been urged by one of its own MPs to ensure that the upcoming Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction pot for floating offshore wind (FLOW) is big enough to avoid it being swallowed up by a single project. Last week, the government announced an increase in strike price caps for a range of renewable technologies in the CfD Auction Round (AR) 6. This included a 52% uplift for the FLOW strike price to £176 per megawatt hour.
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Octopus launches £3bn offshore wind fund
Octopus Energy’s generation arm has launched its first ever offshore wind fund worth £3 billion. Octopus said that the fund will specifically focus on European projects and will look at both traditional offshore wind and floating offshore wind turbines. 
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High offshore wind strike price consequence of AR5 failure
The government could have avoided setting such a high offshore wind strike price for its upcoming contracts for difference (CfD) auction if it had heeded industry warnings during the last round, energy analysts have suggested. It comes after the government announced a 66% increase in the offshore wind administrative strike price cap for the next CfD auction, after the last round attracted no bids.
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Higher CfD strike price will ‘restore confidence’ in offshore wind
Confidence in the UK’s offshore wind sector will be restored by the increase in the Contracts for Difference (CfD) strike price. That is the reaction to the UK government's 66% increase in the offshore wind strike price cap in the next CfD auction, which will rise to £73/MWh for the sixth allocation round.
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SSE raises transmission investment forecast by £2.5bn
SSE has increased its investment forecast by £2.5 billion to reflect recent regulatory decisions on upgrades to the transmission network. The company said it now expects to make £20.5 billion of net zero related investments over the five-year period ending in 2026/27.
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UK falls three places in renewable investment index
The UK has fallen three places to seventh in EY’s biannual global ranking of the most the attractive places for investment in renewables. The country also lost its top spot as the most desirable destination for offshore wind investment – falling to second behind the US – following the failure of the latest Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions to attract any bids from offshore wind developers.
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Weekend press: Gas network battles revolt against hydrogen trial
Northern Gas Networks is battling to prevent its proposed hydrogen trial in Redcar from suffering the same fate as Cadent’s Whitby project, which was the only other candidate to become the UK’s first ‘hydrogen village’ but was cancelled earlier this year due to local opposition. Also in the latest round-up of the weekend’s papers, the government is warned that heat pumps are currently ‘too noisy’ for millions of British homes and England sees no new applications for onshore wind farms.
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Good Energy launches time-based energy matching for businesses
Good Energy is launching time-based energy matching for its business customers to allow them to shift their usage to reduce emissions. The company is working with software providers Granular Energy to match its business customers’ usage with the output of a portfolio of nearly 400 renewable generators across the UK. The move means that Good Energy’s larger business customers, which use around a quarter of a terawatt hour of electricity in a year, will be able to track how their usage is matched with the output of the energy supplier’s renewable generators on a half-hourly basis.
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Ofgem approves needs case for SSEN’s £600m grid upgrade
Ofgem has conditionally approved a £600 million project to boost the capacity of the electricity transmission network in Argyll and Bute. The regulator said that Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) had demonstrated a “clear need” for the project. The plans were drawn up in response to a recent surge in connection applications from renewable generators in the area.
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