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September 8, 2020

Beam Energy shifts focus to renewable energy due to Robin Hood Energy sale

Council owned energy supplier Beam Energy has announced its intention to sell its customer book, and shift its focus to renewable energy.

‘I suspect there will be a similar scheme to triads next year

June 11, 2020

Use of Balancing Mechanism doubles as COVID-19 highlights imperfect system

The Balancing Mechanism (BM) was used twice as much throughout April and May 2020 as the previous year, due to the impact of COVID-19.

June 2, 2020

Sunny skies help make May Britain’s greenest month yet

With no coal on the grid and surging renewables, May was the greenest month ever on Great Britain’s electricity grid.

April 29, 2020

The current green-heavy grid is a taste of what’s to come

Electricity generated from renewables increases by 10.5% in 2022, says DESNZ. Image: Pxfuel NC.

April 28, 2020

Britain labeled a ‘green energy pioneer’ as it goes over 18 days straight without coal

Great Britain has now gone more than 18 days without coal-fired generation, thanks to sunny weather and low demand.

The report focused on electricity transmission

April 28, 2020

Britain hits coal-free record amid sunny skies

Great Britain has hit a new coal-free record, going for more than 18 days straight without any coal on the grid.

ENA calls for a number of measures for the UK to include in the upcoming Spring Budget. Image: Pxfuel NC.

April 6, 2020

Surging renewables give ‘glimpse of the future’ as prices tumble over sunny weekend

Low demand and a sunny weekend sent power prices plunging into negative figures on the day-ahead hourly market for the third time as generation hit a new record.

Coal units at both West Burton (pictured) and Ratcliffe-on-Soar have warmed. Image: Richard Croft.

March 9, 2020

'One-off' factors help drive global decarbonisation as coal continues its fall in UK

Globally, CO2 emissions fell faster than they have for decades in 2019, but this was driven by unsustainable “one-off” factors.

Strong wind generation has helped keep the grid secure over much of the winter so far. Image: Pxfuel.

March 2, 2020

Onshore wind ‘brought in from the cold’ as government to allow Pot One CfD auction

The government is to announce a new auction for both onshore wind and solar power, following a four year block.

December 4, 2019

GB needs tenfold increase in energy storage for net zero, research claims

Great Britain will need at least 30GW of energy storage if it hopes to reach net zero by 2050, according to new research.

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