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    Greentech Media | Renewables and market prices

    Tom Edwards Senior Modelling Analyst shared his thoughts on renewables and why European power prices have yet to see a significant fall in Greentech Media. There are several reasons for this including renewables still account for a relatively small proportion of generation. Tom explains that there’s another, more important factor...

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    Engerati | Flexible asset PPA deals

    Our research from our Flexible asset PPA market report showing that there is currently around 10.8GW of operational flexible capacity in the GB market featured in Energrati. The number of market participants that are providing PPA/optimisation deals is also growing. Currently, there are more than 20 offtakers (broadly defined as...

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    Daily Mail | Tonik Energy

    Katie Hickford discussed Scottish Power taking on 130,000 customers from failed supplier Tonik Energy last week in the Daily Mail Acquisitions and mergers have been the biggest form of supplier growth. With 10 instances of trade sale events in the domestic supply market since January 2019. Alongside this was also 10...

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    Renewable Energy Magazine | Market design

    Issues around the current electricity market design acting as a barrier to investment are explored in our latest insight paper – The net zero paradox: Challenges of designing markets to bring forward low marginal cost resources and featured in Renewable Energy Magazine. Inevitably, as we head closer towards a net zero...

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    Current | Risk of RO mutualisation

    Our predictions of RO Mutualisation was featured in Current. Tim Dixon explained that there is a potential shortfall in the RO buy-out fund of approximately half of the £16.94 million mutualisation threshold. Contrary to the two previous compliance periods where the mutualisation trigger was breached, it is not currently expected...

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    Smart Energy International | Non-domestic energy market changing

    Our research into the non-domestic energy supply market share featured in Smart Energy International. Molly Lloyd highlighted that we are currently seeing a changing market share landscape due to recent acquisitions. npower’s merger with E.ON Group will lead to changes in larger suppliers’ market share rankings. E.ON UK’s merger in...

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    S&P Global Market Intelligence | European wind developers

    James Brabben Wholesale Manager at Cornwall Insight talked to S&P Global about the wind developers in Europe. He explained that 20 projects in the UK with a combined capacity of 665 MW have applied to either extend sites with additional turbines or replace existing machines with larger models. The time...

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    PowerTechnology | More renewable technology required

    Research from our market and asset-level power price modelling service ‘Benchmark power curve’, predicting that up to ~46GW of new-build renewable technology ̶ ~11GW onshore wind, ~10GW solar, and ~25GW offshore wind may need to be developed by 2030 was featured in PowerTechnology today. The net zero target is defining...

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    The Guardian | Energy bills cut

    Robert Buckley commented the Ofgem's default tariff cap reduction has lowered after wholesale energy market prices tumbled during the coronavirus pandemic. He explained the difference between the costliest deals on the market and the cheapest stood at £562 at the end of last month, meaning a “notable gap will remain”,...