by Nevs Voss | Apr 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
RWE has shelved plans for a new coal-fired power station in Germany, announcing that new coal-fired units “no longer have a place” in its strategy. The energy giant had been due to replace existing coal-fired units at the Niederaussem power plant near the city...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Solar PV generation in the UK peaked at 9.11GW this weekend – just short of the record – as the technology helped the country to a new coal-free milestone. The country lasted more than 90 hours without any coal generation over the course of an Easter weekend which saw...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
National Grid’s Electricity System Operator (ESO) unit has placed system stability at the top of its innovation priority list, while issuing a “call to arms” for the energy industry to collaborate further. The ESO moved the function to the very top of its 10-strong...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Renewable energy is rightly growing in popularity. According to data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), bioenergy, wind, solar and hydro accounted for 27.5% of all energy supplied in the UK in 2018, up from 23.5% in 2017. The...
by Nevs Voss | Apr 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
An “explosion” in the number of devices connected at the end of the grid is driving a second transition and new demand for tech solutions. Speaking to Current±, Vera Silva, CTO at General Electric’s Grid Solutions arm, said that while software solutions had been...