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NEW multi-million pound national Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence has been launched by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult to help develop new offshore wind technologies. "Our team of innovation experts and engineers will work across industry and academia to accelerate floating offshore wind technology deployment and de-risk and encourage innovation to ensure we deliver UK economic benefit from...

In statistics published today, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy reveals a surge in clean energy that was driven by strong growth from wind and hydro power. Energy production and consumption Highlights for the three-month period from June 2019 to August 2019, compared to the same period a year earlier include: Primary energy consumption in the UK on a fuel input...

NABUH Energy has been issued with a provisional order by Ofgem, ordering the supplier to pay £872,200.62 plus interest in Renewables Obligations today. Under the government’s Renewables Obligation schemes, suppliers have to demonstrate they have sourced enough electricity from renewable sources to meet their obligation by presenting Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) to Ofgem by 1 September. If suppliers do not have...

TWO new onshore wind farms will be built by ScottishPower to provide clean, sustainable energy for corporate giants Amazon and Tesco, the company has announced. This is part of the ScottishPower Renewable's first UK onshore wind projects developed without a government-backed contract. “Fighting to stop the climate emergency is the defining challenge of our generation and a central part of ScottishPower’s...

PUSHING Brexit deadline into next year has left organisations in uncertainty over whether they will face EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) compliance obligations for 2019 if a deal is not agreed. This week EU confirmed a new deadline for negotiations to be completed, 31 January 2020. Under the new timeline a no-deal Brexit cannot take place before this, meaning that UK...

A LANDMARK Ofwat ruling sees Southern Water pay £126m to its existing and former wastewater customers following a two-year investigation. This is the biggest penalties and rebates package the governing body has ever imposed and is said to reflect the 'serious failures in the operation of Southern Water’s sewage treatment sites and the deliberate misreporting of performance information'. “The findings in...

STATERA Energy has signed a framework agreement with MAN Energy Solutions for the supply of a new class of natural gas reciprocating engine. 24 engines, which are the first of their kind to be deployed in Britain, will deliver a total of 300 MW of back-up power to the UK’s grid. "The UK has set some of the most ambitious carbon...

'FIRST of their type in the UK' voltage control devices will be installed at substations across the network in a scheme by Electricity North West. Called Smart Street, it will target areas with high uptake of electric vehicles, solar panels and other low carbon technologies, particularly where these overlap with customers living in fuel poverty. Using new controllable switching devices, called...

WALES & West Utilities has become the first company to sign up to the Welsh Government’s Climate Change Pledge. The company has pledged to deliver a Net Zero-ready gas network by 2035 to support decarbonisation of heat, power and transport. “We have been working for years in reducing our impact on the environment and this pledge is another step in the...

GNERGY Ltd could risk losing their license if they fail to pay £673,876.62 plus interest after the company missed the original deadline for Renewable Obligation. According to Ofgem, the company has not provided adequate assurances that it will pay by the late payment deadline by 31 October. Of the three other late payers for whom consultations to make final orders were...