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Scottish generator's transmission network charges still rise

Scottish generator’s transmission network charges still rise

Heather Trudeau
Cornwall Insight, Efficiency & Environment, National Grid, net-zero, power generation, Scotland
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Scottish generator’s transmission network charges still rise: Further research into National Grid‘s 5-year view of Transmission Network Use of System (TNUoS) charges by Cornwall Insight highlights, annual TNUoS costs for a typical 40MW onshore wind site in Northern Scotland are forecast to rise to £1.28mn by 2025-26. This is an increase of 180% in nine…
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50MW Scottish wind farm obtained by BayWa r.e

Heather Trudeau
BayWa r.e., Blue Energy, Efficiency & Environment, energy transition, Infrastructure, onshore wind, Renewables, Scotland, wind energy, wind farm
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50MW Scottish wind farm obtained by BayWa r.e: BayWa r.e a global renewable energy developer has obtained a 50MW wind project in Scotland from Blue Energy. The ten-turbine ‘High Constellation’ wind farm is located 20 Kilometres south of Tarbert village and 30 Kilometres north of Campbeltown, is an altitude of around 230 metres. They have…
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Cornwall Insight on T-1 Capacity Market highest price

Heather Trudeau
battery storage, Capacity Market, CCGT, cm auction, coal, Cornwall Insight, Gas, nuclear energy, onshore wind, solar energy, Waste site
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Cornwall Insight on T-1 Capacity Market highest price: Commenting on the T-1 Capacity Market (CM) auction (Delivery Year 2021-22) clearing in Round 6 with a clearing price of £45/kW, the joint highest ever clearing price of a CM auction, Tim Dixon Wholesale Team Lead at Cornwall Insight, said: “This joint highest clearing price for a…
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Capacity Market

Cornwall Insight on Capacity Market prequalification

Heather Trudeau
battery storage, cap and floor, Capacity Market, CCGT, CFD, cm auction, coal-fired units, Cornwall Insight Australia, Eleclink, energy white paper, IFA2, National Grid, National Grid Electricity System Operator, onshore wind, prequalification register, solar, solar energy, T-4, UK, UK government
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Cornwall Insight on Capacity Market prequalification: On 11 December the EMR Delivery Body (National Grid ESO) published the prequalification registers for the T-1 (2021-22) and T-4 (2024-25) Capacity Market (CM) auctions. The headline figure from the prequalification register is 54.0GW of de-rated capacity has prequalified for the T-4 auction against a target of 41.2GW. However,…
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Up to 17GW of renewables eligible for CfD AR4

Heather Trudeau
BEIS, Contracts for Difference, Cornwall Insight, offshore wind, onshore wind, Renewables, solar PV, UK
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Up to 17GW of renewables eligible for CfD AR4: Cornwall Insight’s Renewable Pipeline Tracker service has examined the potential capacity that could enter the Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round (AR) 4, with the analysis showing there is currently 17GW* of technologies likely to be eligible to bid. This analysis is based on Cornwall Insight’s…
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Government to support 12GW renewable energy capacity

Heather Trudeau
auction, CFD, Contracts for Difference, Efficiency & Environment, Finance & Markets, floating wind, Infrastructure, net-zero, offshore energy, onshore wind, Policy, Renewable energy, solar power, Technology, tidal power, Top Stories, UK
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Government to support 12GW renewable energy capacity: The government has laid out plans for the upcoming round of support for renewable energy projects covered by its flagship Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. It looks to double the volume of renewable energy from the 5.8GW accomplished in the previous round to up to 12GW when the…
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London-based bank buys stake in Tauron

Heather Trudeau
carbon emissions, coal plants, EBRD, Finance & Markets, onshore wind, Poland, Renewable energy, solar power, stake, Tauron
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London-based bank buys stake in Tauron: A London-based bank has reported a 24% stake in Polish power producer Tauron Polska Energia with a PLN240 million(€55.8m) bond  investment. The energy company creates most of its electricity from coal-fired power plants however has committed to lower its carbon intensity by the closure of the plants and a…
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ScottishPower ‘pioneering world first’ boost via wind farm

Heather Trudeau
black start, blackout, Dersalloch, Efficiency & Environment, Infrastructure, onshore wind, power grid, Renewables, Scotland, Scottish Power Renewables, SGRE, SPEN, SPR, Technology, Top Stories, UK, VSM, wind farm
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ScottishPower ‘pioneering world first’ boost via wind farm: ScottishPower Renewables (SPR) declares to have achieved a “pioneering world-first” following the use of electricity from an onshore wind farm to re-energise a portion of the power grid. The energy company said its outstanding project at Dersalloch wind farm in South Ayrshire confirms that wind power is…
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UK’s onshore wind capacity ‘could reach 30GW by 2030’

Heather Trudeau
2030, Efficiency & Environment, Infrastructure, net-zero, onshore wind, Renewable energy, RenewableUK, Top Stories, wind energy
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UK’s onshore wind capacity ‘could reach 30GW by 2030’: The UK’s complete onshore wind capacity may increase as much as 30GW by 2030. That’s as reported recently by the renewable energy trade association RenewableUK, that expects major boosts in onshore wind projects across the UK from 2025 further on. According to data for UK onshore…
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Orkney Islands Council applies for wind farm

Heather Trudeau
Hoy Wind Farm, Infrastructure, onshore wind, Orkney Islands Council, planning application, Renewable energy
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Orkney Islands Council applies for wind farm: At Wee Fea in Hoy, Orkney Islands Council submitted a planning application in an effort to obtain an onshore wind farm . Part of Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project, the Hoy Wind Farm  will be comprised of six turbines, including a total capacity of 29MW and a maximum…
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