Page 209 – Current News

July 17, 2023

Current± Price Watch: Weekend sees long period of negative prices as latest FES is released

This week’s issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – looks at over six hours of negative day ahead prices over the weekend and explores this year’s Future Energy Scenarios published last week by National Grid ESO.

Planning consent has also been granted for Eastern Green Link 2. Image: SSEN.

July 17, 2023

Ofgem gives final approval for Orkney undersea transmission link

SSEN Transmission has welcomed the decision by Ofgem to give final approval to provide a subsea transmission link to the Orkney Islands.

July 17, 2023

East Renfrewshire sees highest rise in renewable energy installations in the UK

Research by BOXT has found that East Renfrewshire in Scotland saw the highest rise in renewable energy installations within a year at 31.1%.

July 17, 2023

NZTC offers up to £100,000 funding for 12 low-carbon tech companies

The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) has opened applications for its 2024 cohort of the TechX Accelerator programme offering up to £100,000 each to 12 low-carbon technology start-ups.

July 14, 2023

Energy Systems Catapult welcomes 2,000th home to the Living Lab future energy testing

The Energy Systems Catapult has announced that over 2,000 homes in the UK are now part of the voluntary Living Lab programme to test tech innovations that will help to achieve net zero goals.

A map of the location of Beacon Fen. Image: Low Carbon

July 14, 2023

Proposed Beacon Fen Energy Park project revised following consultation

Plans for the Beacon Fen Energy Park near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, have been revised following an early consultation.

July 14, 2023

ESO addresses market distortions created by CfD scheme

Sarah Keay-Bright presents National Grid ESO concerns over the current structure of the CfD scheme.

July 14, 2023

ScottishPower decommissions first commercial wind farm ahead of repowering work

ScottishPower Renewables’ Hagshaw Hill windfarm in South Lanarkshire is being decommissioned ahead of upgrade works next year.

July 13, 2023

82% of voters in Yorkshire say local MPs should back net zero goals

A poll by Focaldata has found that 82% of people in Yorkshire and the Humber want their local MP to back the government’s net zero target of 2050.

Will Shell’s prices put the skids on its charge into EVs?

July 13, 2023

The EV market is ‘moving in the right direction’, says Shell Recharge and LCP Delta

Shell Recharge’s UK and Nordics regional manager Euan Moir told a Current± briefing today (13 July) that the EV sector was going through an important transition from an early growth phase to a mature market.