Scottish & Southern Energy
Energy Storage
Wärtsilä and SSE plan advanced energy storage for Shetland Islands
The 8MW / 6MWh advanced energy storage system will provide grid balancing and essential back-up capabilities
Emissions & Environment
ABB wins milestone offshore wind HVDC deal
ABB is to supply its high-voltage direct current light converter systems to connect the three Dogger Bank offshore wind farms in the...
Equipment & Technology
Seagreen selects MHI Vestas to supply Scotland wind turbines
MHI Vestas has entered into a preferred supplier agreement with Seagreen Wind Energy Limited to supply and service up to 114 wind...
Europe
Competition authority clears SSE and npower merger
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority has given the green light for a proposed merger between two of the UK’s ‘Big Six’ energy...
Europe
UK’s Ferrybridge coal plant closes after 50 years
One of the UK’s landmark coal-fired power plants will close today after half a century of service.
Energy Efficiency
CMA report concerned over cost of low carbon energy
The initial findings of a long-awaited report by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) into the British energy market have been published today.
Asia
Moody’s warns of falling oil price impact on utilities
Analysts at Moody’s Investors Services have today warned of the negative impact of the falling oil price on energy companies.
Europe
New electricity trading rules for UK’s Big Six utilities
UK energy regulator Ofgem has today unveiled new rules for the way Britain’s ‘Big Six’ utilities must trade electricity.
Europe
Radar deal will ‘unlock 2 GW of new UK wind energy’
Wind power developers Vattenfall and SSE have signed a “pioneering” radar deal with air traffic control company NATS which they claim “could unlock up to 2.2 GW of potential new wind energy across the UK”.
Emissions Control
Climate Committee and over 100 companies pressure UK on carbon budget
The UK’s Committee on Climate Change has today told the British government that it should not dilute its carbon budget.
