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Britain declines to 5-year low in Ernst Young’s green energy ranking
Britain has dropped a position to a five-year low ranking among the world's most attractive renewable energy markets, following the change in its method of subsidizing renewable electricity, as illustrated in a quarterly ranking from accountants Ernst & Young (E&Y) on Tuesday.
read more... 16/09/2014
Britain planning entity authorizes gas-fired power plant
The British government on Friday stated it had permitted the construction of a gas-fired power station of 470 megawatts (MW) at North Killingholme in northeast England suggested by developer C.GEN.
read more... 15/09/2014
UK grid asks for additional capacity to fill probable winter supply gap
Britain’s power network operator National Grid has submitted by a year a plan to tap supplementary electricity capacity over the winter after a number of unpredicted plant outages.
read more... 02/09/2014
EDF Energy fined for mismanaging user complaints
EDF Energy, one of Britain's six most important energy suppliers, will pay 3 million pounds ($5 million) penalty to help vulnerable clients after regulator Ofgem found the firm blameworthy of violating complaint handling rules.
read more... 25/08/2014
Britain will run its first electricity capacity market auction on December 16
Britain will run its first auction for reserve power capacity on December 16, a model that will be an example for other European nations intending to manage capacity markets that recompense operators for possessing power generation in back-up form.
read more... 22/08/2014