Banks Renewables, a subsidiary of energy infrastructure business Banks Group, has confirmed it is the firm behind the legal challenge that threatens to stall an auction for a fresh round of government clean energy contracts . Banks Renewables revealed today it is the company that has lodged an application for Read more
Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent National Grid’s first report into the causes of Britain’s biggest blackout in more than a decade is expected to blame a string of avoidable faults at electricity generators, networks and rail companies. On Friday the company, which is responsible for keeping the lights on, will submit Read more
A bizarre legal challenge is set to hold up the third UK offshore wind auction until the end of this month, according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). It is understood the claim has caused the National Grid to delay the bidding window for the Contracts Read more
Friday’s power cuts: a few answers, and more questions by Alastair Martin Here’s what we know about the events beginning on Friday afternoon at around 4:52pm. Flexitricity was having a quiet afternoon, with most of our customers getting on with the day job, and just a few megawatts of Short Read more
A couple who farm within sight of two Caithness windfarms say their health is being compromised by the constant noise of turbines. Caithness farmers claim noise from surrounding wind farms is making them ill
The major blackout that struck Britain was not due to the use of wind generation on the power network, scientists have said. Experts believe the disconnection of a gas-fired power plant and wind farm triggered the power cut that brought wide-spread disruption to the country on Friday. Professor Keith Bell, Read more
Life extension of existing wind farms can be attractive, especially where there is the opportunity to retain the benefit of an existing subsidy. Planning background Typically planning permission for a wind farm is granted subject to conditions specifying operation for 25 years with decommissioning and restoration thereafter. Life extension requires Read more
Proposed changes to offshore wind leasing by the UK Crown Estate have angered a trade union, causing it to warn its Scottish counterpart that it should be telling developers north of the border: “no jobs, no lease”. GMB Scotland’s senior organiser for manufacturing, Louise Gilmour, hit out at the claim Read more