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Scottish wind farms set new records in terms of power production in March 2017
Wind turbines in Scotland supplied 1,240,095 MWh of electricity to the National Grid - enough to supply the electrical needs to about 136 % of Scottish households, or 3.3 million homes, according to new data published by World Wide Fund Scotland (WWF).
read more... 04/04/2017
What are DUoS Charges and How They Affect Your Business
DUoS (Distribution Use of System) charges are levied by the UK’s regional DNO (Distribution Network Operator) and have a massive impact on how much a company spends on electricity. These 3rd party costs support the maintenance, development, and operation of the UK’s electricity distribution networks.
read more... 29/03/2017
TenneT unveils tender for two offshore wind connections in Netherlands
TenneT - leading European electricity transmission system operator (TSO), with activities in the Netherlands and in Germany is looking for potential bidders for offshore wind connections at two zones off the Netherlands. The offshore network is going to have substations connected by 66kV wiring, with the wind farms also delivering power at 66kV.
read more... 28/03/2017
Daily (28.03.2017): European forward electricity prices down about 2% tracking lower fuels
Crude oil prices ended lower on Monday, hit by another weekly rise in the U.S. oil rig number and uncertainty over whether OPEC will extend its output reductions into the second half of the year.
read more... 28/03/2017
What are Non Commodity Costs and How They Affect Your Business
Compared to previous years, we can see that the wholesale electricity market in the UK is low. More specifically, average wholesale electricity prices for the past 5 years have fallen more than 14%, with the strongest downturn from 2013 to the end of 2016, when prices declined more than 23%.
read more... 22/03/2017