Siemen’s professor of energy systems at Newcastle University, Phil Taylor, said the UK has “diminished its ability to use interconnectors” for system balancing and made decarbonising our energy system harder.
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As a natural optimist, and of a generally sunny disposition (unlike the weather at time of writing) I strive to find the good in every situation. No matter my own personal views on our good Nation bidding adieu to the European Union, I am personally determined to make the best of each day, and to continue to do my utmost for my children’s future health and happiness.
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BEIS’ head of energy storage Rachel Cooper said at a Navigant storage event that the prices awarded in National Grid’s EFR contracts earlier this month were “lower perhaps than we were expecting to see” and added it remains to be seen “whether they are profitable or not.”
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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is still undecided on whether heat suppliers should be regulated in the same way as gas and electricity suppliers, and remains in “evidence gathering mode” for the time being.
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The aims of the demonstration project include defining a hydrogen quality standard and developing and trialling hydrogen fuelled appliances for homes and businesses.
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The money is being provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
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BEIS did not follow the correct procedure when putting forward plans to lower the de-rating factors for some batteries, according to consultancy firm Cornwall Insight.
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The Association of Decentralised Energy (ADE) said the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills had a “much better” understanding of energy users and their investment needs than the Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc).
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Large-scale energy storage technologies could “provide black start services in the event of a complete system shutdown”, BEIS said in a document outlining the terms of the competition.
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The influential think tank said that, with a price tag of £300 billion, plans to install electric heat pumps in four out of five homes by 2050 are a “colossal waste of money”.
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