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News: Electricity
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Ofgem launches investigation of four suppliers over misselling practices
Ofgem has begun investigations to establish whether four of the big six domestic energy suppliers are complying with new obligations... ...more »
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BNP Paribas fund acquires Irish wind farm
A fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has acquired Gortahile Windfarm Ltd., which owns and operates a 20MW... ...more »
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EDF announces 2.6% increase in some of its electricity tariffs
EDF Energy has announced a price increase of 2.6 per cent for some of its regional electricity tariffs. This rise... ...more »
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Ofgem seeks urgent opinions on changes to offshore transmission regime
Energy regulator Ofgem has asked for opinions by 9 September on changes to the regulations governing the ownership of the... ...more »
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Draft of new Renewables Obligation Order published
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has published, in draft form, revised regulations that govern the main renewable... ...more »
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Elexon consults on "smart" impact on bill settlement
Elexon, the company that operates the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) for the British electricity industry, has opened a consultation... ...more »
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Energy from waste project is first to reach IPC examination stage
A proposed energy from waste and materials recovery facility has achieved an important milestone under the new planning regime for... ...more »
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Eon and plumbers join forces to offer customers free water saving device
Eon and the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE) have joined forces to offer customers free devices to... ...more »
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Highland Council opposes two wind farms near Inverness
Highland Council has decided to oppose planning applications for two wind farm developments at Tomatin near Inverness on landscape grounds.... ...more »
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Generators across Ireland/NI cut carbon emissions by 5 per cent
Carbon dioxide emissions from power generation fell by 5 per cent in the year to 2009 in the Single Electricity... ...more »
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Fuel poverty charities urge government to keep winter fuel payments
Fuel poverty action groups have urged the government to keep the winter fuel payment safe from spending cuts. National Energy... ...more »
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Scottish coal-fired station plan generates thousands of objections
Around 10,000 people from 100 countries have objected to plans for a new coal-fired power station at Hunterston in Ayrshire,... ...more »
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Scottish community energy scheme calls time on new applications
A Scottish government funding initiative which has helped hundreds of community groups invest in renewable technologies like wind turbines, solar... ...more »
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Think Tank warns that green energy policies will be a "4p tax" by 2020
UK consumers are set to pay the equivalent of 4p on the current basic rate of income tax to bankroll... ...more »
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Tidal turbine manufacturing boost for Scotland
Norwegian tidal-power developer Hammerfest Strøm has announced major contracts worth £4m to construct the first of their advanced HS1000 tidal... ...more »
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Ofgem warns about smart meter disconnections and prepay switching
Ofgem has reminded energy companies which have begun to fit smart meters for their domestic customers that they must continue... ...more »
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CBI urges ministers to decide backlog of s36 power projects
Business leaders have urged ministers to determine a total of 37 delayed power plant projects still awaiting consent under the... ...more »
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Steelmaker Corus announces plans for offshore wind products
Corus has announced plans for a £31.5-million plant in Teesside that would manufacture steel foundation structures - called monopiles -... ...more »
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Atlantis begins installation of tidal power unit
Tidal developer Atlantis yesterday began the installation of its 1 MW generator, which, once in situ in Orkney this summer,... ...more »
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EDF to set out supplier quality standards and UK nuclear procurement structure next month
EDF Energy will set out its procurement process, the work up for tender and the quality standards required of British... ...more »