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Energy sector personalities shine at ELPA!
The winners of the Energy Live Personality Awards (ELPA) have finally been revealed at a lavish ceremony aboard the Silver Sturgeon in London. More than 250 people attended the glitzy event where 11 awards were given out while cruising down the River Thames. ELN Editor Sumit Bose said: “It has been an incredible evening of […]
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innogy and Verv sign disruptive £500k deal for smart energy hub
innogy International Middle East (IME) has invested £500,000 in the creators of an artificial intelligence and blockchain-based smart home hub. The deal with UK-based startup Verv aims to support the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) vision to take a leading role in smart cities and cutting-edge energy technologies. Verv uses machine learning and blockchain to power […]
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New 4MW gas peaking plant fired up
A 4MW gas peaking power plant has successfully been tested and completed near Doncaster. Suncredit Energy said the facility has been generating electricity since the initial testing phase and is now fully operational and optimised. Peaking power plants generally run only when there is a high demand for electricity. John Leith, Suncredit’s Development Director said: […]
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Finding Nemo! UK-Belgium power link launched
The Nemo subsea power interconnector that links the UK and Belgium has officially been launched. Stretching 80 miles from Herdersbrug on the Belgian coast to Richborough in Kent, the £600 million Nemo Link will help deliver a more flexible energy system for consumers in both countries. The project is a joint venture between National Grid […]
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Carbon emissions ‘to rise for first time in five years’
The International Energy Agency (IEA) claims in 2018, carbon emissions from advanced economies are set to rise for the first time in five years. It says the declining trend being reversed poses a significant setback for global efforts to limit emissions and suggests greenhouse gases from North America, the EU and other advanced economies in Asia Pacific […]
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UK ‘needs more ingenuity, technology and progressive policies’
More ingenuity, more technology, more forward-thinking and more progressive policies are needed for the UK to overcome a number of challenges being faced. That’s the verdict from Martin Pibworth, Wholesale Director at SSE, who spoke to ELN Editor Sumit Bose at Energy Live Expo 2018 in October. He said people in the energy sector and […]
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St Albans branded UK’s savviest switching city
St Albans is the UK’s savviest switching city when it comes to energy deals. That’s according to new research from uSwitch, which shows inhabitants of the city are more than a quarter more likely to switch than the national average and have saved an average of £337 per year per household, totalling £2.1 million. Stockport came […]
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ExxonMobil to power Texan oil basin with wind and solar
US oil and gas giant ExxonMobil is teaming up with Danish renewable energy firm Ørsted to power its Permian oil field with 500MW of renewables. The site in Texas will be home to 250MW of wind and 250MW of solar power, thanks to two power purchase agreements (PPAs). Ørsted said pairing wind and solar contracts […]
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New 400MW offshore wind farm powers up
A new offshore wind farm that will generate enough power for around 350,000 homes in the UK has officially been opened. The 400MW Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, located 13km off the Sussex coast, is expected to reduce carbon emissions by around 600,000 tonnes a year. The site, which consists of 116 turbines and owned by […]
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Ofgem reduces base network company revenues by £827m
Ofgem has said it will reduce base network company revenues in 2019/20 by £827 million, compared to previous assumptions. The energy regulator has published the results of the 2018 Annual Iteration Process (AIP) for energy network companies under its Revenue=Incentives+Innovation+Outputs (RIIO) price controls. This involves making annual adjustments to the revenue Ofgem allows networks to […]
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