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Time to accept that wind farm costs are not falling
There has been a consistent narrative that the cost of building new wind farms is falling, with falling subsidy [...]
Windfall tax harms oil and gas production and must be cut
In May last year, the UK Government introduced a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies [...]
Why Norway’s views on energy security should ring alarm bells across Europe
Norway's energy security would appear to be a done deal, yet the past couple of years have been very [...]
Addressing the high real cost of renewable generation
Over the past few months we have been inundated with claims from interested parties that more renewables are the [...]
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Using artificial intelligence and machine learning to manage the electricity grids of the future
Existing power grids were designed to transmit electricity over relatively short distances, however, increasingly grids are required to supply major cities from remote offshore wind farms at the same time as integrating local generation. With generators feeding variable amounts [...]
Interconnector projects move forward, but are they as good as they seem?
The first sections of the new electricity interconnector between the UK and Belgium were installed this month with the laying of the first 59km section of the Nemo Link, a joint venture between the UK's National Grid and Belgium's [...]
Further evidence that climate models overstate global warming
Yesterday scientists from the Universities of Exeter and Oxford together with University College London, announced that climate change is not as bad as previously thought due to modelling errors. In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the [...]
CfD auction sees cost of renewables falling…but system costs should not be ignored
Earlier this week, the Government published the results of the second round of CfD auctions, which saw offshore wind secure contracts at lower than expected levels. CfDs were introduced as part of the Energy Market Reform, largely to replace [...]
The DSR market is slowly developing, but more needs to be done to encourage participation
Last week Energyst published its latest report into the demand side response market, which confirmed the findings of previous reports, that businesses are generally positive about DSR as long as operations are not affected. Un-tapped appetite among SMEs was [...]
New project re-ignites European interest in thorium
Last month, Dutch research institute, NRG, re-ignited interest in thorium nuclear projects by announcing a new investigation into the use of thorium reactors in collaboration with the EU. The Salt Irradiation Experiment ("Salient"Â), based at the High Flux Reactor [...]
Twisting electricity generation with nanotube technology
Today I came across a fascinating piece of research which has the potential to be a real game-changer - an international research team led by scientists at The University of Texas and Hanyang University in South Korea has developed [...]
Once upon a time….Mayor Khan’s zero carbon fairytale
This week the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has published his draft environmental strategy for the city, with an ambition for London to be a zero carbon city by 2050, with energy efficient buildings, clean transport and clean energy. He [...]
Will new BIPV technologies finally see the concept go mainstream?
The recent entry of Tesla into the PV market has generated renewed interest in building-integrated solar PV - a technology which allows the structure of buildings, walls and windows as well as roofs - to generate electricity thereby reducing [...]
Is Secure and Promote delivering for retail competition?
On 25 July, Ofgem launched a consultation as part of its review of the Secure & Promote licence condition. Secure and Promote was introduced in 2013 to improve liquidity and market access for small and new entrant electricity suppliers. [...]
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