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EDF Energy smart meter trial garners 5000th customer
UK supplier EDF Energy has reached a milestone in its Low Carbon London smart meter trial after attracting its 5000th customer. The trial, which is being backed by a consortium of partners led by London electricity network operator UK Power Networks, aims to help build understanding of how smart meters can facilitate a smart grid, […]
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UK government confirms final cuts to microgeneration subsidies
The UK government confirmed cuts to its package of subsidies for microgeneration provided by the feed-in tariff (FIT) and renewable heat incentive (RHI). The final changes to the FIT, following the furore and new consultation earlier this year, will cover all newly eligible technologies from December this year. Changes to tariffs for solar installations will […]
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UK Energy Bill will deter investment and add costs, warns committee
The UK government’s proposed Energy Bill will impose costs on consumers, deter much-needed investment and lead to less competition in the market, warn a committee of MPs today. The Bill is supposed to reform the electricity market through a new system of long-term contract for energy generators to guarantee a price for low-carbon electricity and […]
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ScottishPower, SmartReach and Siemens launch UK smart meter trial
ScottishPower, Siemens and SmartReach – the Arqiva-led smart metering consortium with BT, BAE Sytems Detica and Sensus – today announced the launch of a major smart metering trial in the UK. The trial, which will cover 1000 homes across Ipswich in Suffolk, will test a long-range radio communications network for transferring data to and from […]
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UK government delays decision on renewables subsidy levels
The UK government has delayed its decision yet again on the levels of subsidies that renewable generators receive. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) yesterday confirmed that subsidy levels under the Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROC) Banding schene, which had been expected before the end of this Parliamentary session, will not be announced until […]
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UK licences first permanent CO2 storage site in North Sea
The Crown Estate, which manages the UK’s coastal waters, this week licensed the first site in the seabed of the North Sea for permanent storage of CO2. Shell UK and SSE CCS received the agreement for lease (AfL) for the depleted Goldeneye gas field site 65 miles off the north east Scottish coast. The two […]
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GT Energy to bring UK’s largest geothermal heating project to Manchester
Developer GT Energy has unveiled plans for what it claims is the largest commercial geothermal heating project in the UK. The project in Manchester will drill two wells approximately 3000 m deep to tap into the Cheshire Basin, one of the UK’s largest geothermal resources located beneath the city. The development in the Ardwick district […]
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Sainsbury’s digs deep to rollout geothermal heating to stores
Supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s is working with E.ON and Geothermal International to rollout geothermal energy for heating, hot water and cooling in 100 stores. The plans, which will deliver up to 100 MW of renewable energy by 2016, are part of Sainsbury’s 20 by 20 Sustainability Plan to cut carbon emissions 30% and provide renewable heating […]
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Centrica and DONG Energy set sights on 2.2 GW offshore wind farm
UK energy company Centrica and DONG Energy have submitted an application for a 2.2 GW wind farm in the Irish Sea between Anglesey and the Isle of Man. The Rhiannon Wind Farm project, which is being developed by the companies’ joint venture Celtic Array, will comprise some 147-440 wind turbines. Centrica and DONG Energy have […]
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Siemens to supply DONG Energy with 6 MW offshore turbine
German engineering giant Siemens Energy is to supply DONG Energy with its newly developed 6 MW offshore wind turbine. Under the terms of a framework agreement between the two, Siemens will supply and service some 300 turbines, totalling 1800 MW in capacity between 2014 and 2017. The two companies have an existing agreement starting in […]
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