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The Electricity Market: Winter Is Coming

These are extreme and volatile times for the energy markets. There are no sure-fire rules for choosing when to sign up to PPAs but awareness is essential. Welcome to the…

Fudged results from SEPA charging consultation

Charges for Small Hydro improve but the system as a whole remains flawed, with major concerns outstanding.

The Electricity Market: Hindsight in the New Era

These are extreme and volatile times for the energy markets. There are no sure-fire rules for choosing when to sign up to PPAs but awareness is essential. In partnership with…

SEPA recovers from cyber attack

Hydro abstraction charges have been disputed by Alba Energy and the British Hydropower Association (BHA), since they were first applied in 2017, with SEPA struggling to justify the amounts being…

BBC report on impact of cyber attack on SEPA

Auditor General reviews SEPA accounts

Scotland says it wants net zero but unfairly penalises small hydro generation

Development is being choked off, diversification impeded, investment discouraged and decarbonisation delayed. All because of a simple problem with an easy fix.

Soaring business rates leave renewables developers with hefty bills and redundancies

Punitive business rate valuations have drastically increased costs for renewables developers and left many in fear that further hefty bills could be on the way.

Our new website: keeping small hydro on the agenda

Renewable energy is not leaving the political agenda. Whatever else the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference 2021 in Glasgow has shown, it has reminded British policy makers that they need green energy…

Old Faskally: the 3-year wait for a hearing

As the third anniversary of the Lands Valuation Appeal Court (LVAC) hearing approaches, the case of the Tayside Assessor vs Old Faskally & Others remains unresolved and, with it, the…

The electricity market: past, present and future

As many renewable generators are well aware, it has been a turbulent few years in the electricity market. Great Britain has entered the Winter 2021 season with record high electricity…

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