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  • Centrica signs up first business for virtual energy marketplace

    Centrica signs up first business for virtual energy marketplace Nov 14, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Markets Finance 0 Image: Centrica A farm and holiday retreat is to use energy storage technologies as part of Centrica’s virtual energy marketplace trial in Cornwall. UK firm redT is to connect 1MWh energy storage machines to The Olde […]

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  • London lamp posts to power electric vehicles

    London lamp posts to power electric vehicles Nov 14, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 Image: OVO/Ubitricity A new project which allows residents to charge their electric vehicles (EVs) by plugging into lamp posts has been launched. Kensington and Chelsea Council has joined forces with OVO Energy and Berlin-based Ubitricity to install an extra 50 […]

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  • Two UK firms win £6m Sellafield contract

    Two UK firms win £6m Sellafield contract Nov 13, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon 0 Image: Sellafield Two companies in the UK have won a share of a multi-million pound contract at Sellafield. TSP Engineering and Cavendish Nuclear will supply containers for decommissioning the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS). The 50-tonne containers will be used […]

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  • Cutting emissions in industry ‘one of toughest energy transition challenges’

    Cutting emissions in industry ‘one of toughest energy transition challenges’ Nov 13, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Reducing long term greenhouse gas emissions in the industry sector is one of the toughest challeges of the energy transition. That’s the view of the International Energy Agency (IEA), which states […]

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  • EU approves Spanish support scheme for renewables

    EU approves Spanish support scheme for renewables Nov 12, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Thinkstock The European Commission has approved Spain’s support scheme for renewable electricity. It found the programme, which supports electricity generation from green energy sources, high efficiency cogeneration of heat, power and waste to be in line with […]

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  • Deutche Bank’s new tool to map climate investment risks

    Deutche Bank’s new tool to map climate investment risks Nov 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Sustainability Environment, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock Deutsche Bank has created a new tool to identify the threats climate change poses to its investment portfolios worldwide. It is working in partnership with climate intelligence advisory firm Four Twenty Seven, which has […]

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  • #ShortFuse Episode 9 10/11/2017

    #ShortFuse Episode 9 10/11/2017 Nov 10, 2017 george marshall ShortFuse 0 tweet Article source: http://www.energylivenews.com/2017/11/10/shortfuse-episode-9-10112017/

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  • Employee wins sex discrimination case against UK Power Networks

    Employee wins sex discrimination case against UK Power Networks Nov 11, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock A procurement specialist has won a sex discrimination case against her employer UK Power Networks over pay and promotion. According to Prospect union, Amy Arnold became aware she was being paid “substantially less” than […]

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  • Ofgem confirms £150 cap for prepayment meter charges

    Ofgem confirms £150 cap for prepayment meter charges Nov 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Policy Legislation, Markets Finance, Top Stories 0 Image: Shutterstock/ELN Ofgem has announced a £150 cap on charges for installing prepayment meters under warrant for customers in debt. When customers fall into debt, suppliers attempt to collect payments over several weeks, which could […]

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  • Sellafield nuclear workers plan second strike

    Sellafield nuclear workers plan second strike Nov 10, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon 0 Image: Sellafield Ltd Workers at the Sellafield nuclear site are planning a second day of strike action in a row over pay. The Unite union, which represents more than 1,100 workers at the Cumbria plant, said employees are preparing to go […]

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