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Windy Kentish Flats work gears up
Windy Kentish Flats work gears up Oct 16, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon 0 The first Kentish Flats wind farm during building works in February 2011. Image: Chris Laurens / Vattenfall Engineers are gearing up to put 15 extra wind turbines at the Kentish Flats offshore wind farm. Next week Vattenfall will begin the first […]
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Trouble in store for business energy metering?
Trouble in store for business energy metering? Oct 16, 2014 ash garwood Latest Videos 0 “The last time something happened on this scale… there was wholesale chaos across the whole industry”, says the boss of Haven Power, Peter Bennell. What is he talking about? Changes are in store for the way medium sized businesses must […]
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Energy bills ‘still most confusing’
Energy bills ‘still most confusing’ Oct 15, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Policy Legislation 0 Consumers are still finding energy bills “most difficult to understand”, according to new research. They find bills from mortgage providers, credit and store cards and mobile phone networks clearer than those sent by energy companies. The news comes despite new […]
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Thumbs up for $200m gas power plant expansion
Thumbs up for $200m gas power plant expansion Oct 15, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Plans to expand a natural gas power station in Texas have been given the go-ahead by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It has issued a final greenhouse gas Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to Victoria […]
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Ecotricity and Skanska start up £500m UK wind venture
Ecotricity and Skanska start up £500m UK wind venture Oct 14, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Sustainability Environment 0 UK-based renewable energy company Ecotricity and construction firm Skanska have joined forces for a new onshore wind venture. Called Skylark, it will build wind farms in Britain and aims to put 350MW of new projects into […]
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Swedish city ditches fossil fuel investment
Swedish city ditches fossil fuel investment Oct 14, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 Orebro Castle, Sweden. Image: Thinkstock The Swedish city of Orebro has pledged to pull its funds out of fossil fuel companies. It is believed to have already reduced its investments in energy firms from more than €2 million […]
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Should Ofgem publish a list of bad energy brokers?
Should Ofgem publish a list of bad energy brokers? Oct 13, 2014 Vicky Ellis Markets Finance, Policy Legislation 0 Image: Thinkstock Father Christmas has lists of children who are naughty and nice – should there be the same for energy brokers? That was the gist of a question posed at energy watchdog Ofgem’s first meeting of […]
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The Daily Market Report – 13th October 2014
The Daily Market Report – 13th October 2014 Oct 13, 2014 Amber Smith Market Report 0 Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from Sarah Astley, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk at npower. Market, npower, […]
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Chilly Monday forecast bumps up gas price – DMR
Chilly Monday forecast bumps up gas price – DMR Oct 10, 2014 Vicky Ellis Markets Finance 0 A chill predicted for Monday has boosted the cost of gas bought for the next day, according to the daily market report from npower. Alex Guiot, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation Desk said: “Latest demand forecasts suggest […]
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Scotch fuel cash to warm the cockles
Scotch fuel cash to warm the cockles Oct 12, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Energy Efficiency, Markets Finance 0 Image: Thinkstock A new campaign aimed at helping fuel poor households reduce their energy bills has been launched by the Scottish Government. It is inviting bids for a contract worth up to £224 million over seven years to […]
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