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Paying businesses to power down 'could save UK billions'

Britain could save billions of pounds in energy costs by paying businesses to shift their power usage or run their backup generators instead of building new power plants, an industry report has found.

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Scarcity pricing gains momentum

The preliminary results from European Commission's public consultation on Electricity Market Design have been published. The first item that is listed as having received the backing from a large majority of stakeholders is the need for scarcity  pricing.

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Flexibility will be the key to cost effective decarbonisation of the UK power market

The team from Imperial College London that are partners in the IndustRE project have just issued a report, which demonstrates that flexibility will be the key to cost effective decarbonisation of the UK power market.
 

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Public Consultation on a new Energy Market Design

The European Comission has launched a public consultation on the new energy market design, which is part of the Summer Package released on the 15th of July 2015.

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European Commission will Empower Consumers

The Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete gave a speech at the Citizens Energy Forum in London (12 March 2015) in which he explained how the Energy Union strategy will create a new deal for all Europe's consumers, providing them with a market designed for them and full power to make their own choices.

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GM Will Soon Use Wind to Power Its Factories

General Motors wants you to know that it’s thinking about the environment. Today, the big-name car maker announced that it will soon use wind to power its manufacturing operations. GM has signed an agreement with Enel Green Power to procure 34 megawatts of wind power from 17 wind turbines for its 104-acre Toluca Complex in Mexico, the company said in a press release.

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