A new report by the think tank Green Alliance [1] has found that this December’s ‘capacity market’ auction, aimed to guarantees winter power supply from energy companies, is...
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has laid out a framework in advance of the next Capacity Market auctions, highlighting the capacity to procure....
Reforms to the UK capacity market have been published today. They have been met with mixed reviews from professionals who think the Government should move their...
MPs have criticised the government’s ‘capacity market’ and have instead urged the use of smart technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand. The capacity...
Sam Laidlaw, chief executive of Centrica, the owner of British Gas, has labelled the UK’s power policy as a “paradox” and criticised the capacity market subsidy...
MPs on the energy select committee have warned that the government’s capacity market, which aims to ensure energy demand is met at peak times, could increase...
The government has launched a £20 million Electricity Demand Reduction (EDR) pilot, offering financial incentives to encourage businesses to install measures to reduce energy consumption. The...
E.ON, Germany’s biggest utility, has revealed a profit fall of 20% for the first half of 2014, the decline has been linked to the growing renewables...
The UK government has announced it will close a legal loophole that could have given billions of pounds to old coal power plants. However, the news...
Environmental group WWF has criticised the National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios report because it “underestimates threat of coal”. The organisation states that the report assumes that...
Investment in the renewable energy sector will be boosted due to low-carbon electricity incentives leading to an additional £100 billion investment by 2020, according to the...
New strike prices for renewable energy, detailed in the government’s £375 billion infrastructure investment plan for 2013, have been met with mixed reactions from the green...