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Datamonitor to launch Wholesale Energy Pricing Dashboard in April

Datamonitor's Wholesale Energy Pricing Dashboard will update monthly and contain power, gas, carbon, coal, and spark spread data going back as far as 2001. The data will be visualized using a dynamic interface, allowing trends to be identified quickly and easily customized.

Published By Datamonitor
28 Mar 2013
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First Utility's customer service failings identified in new Datamonitor report

With a price-focused customer acquisition model, First Utility has overachieved. Revenue growth in the thousands of percent over the last five years means that it has not been able to adapt its systems to this growth and has failed in many areas of customer service.

Published By Datamonitor
25 Mar 2013
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New UK nuclear capacity nearly dead - update

EDF has received formal permission to develop the site at Hinkley Point in the UK where it wants to build two new reactors. The announcement was made on March 19 by the UK energy secretary. Being given permission to send in the excavators is only a formality, with the trickiest decisions still to be made.

Published By Datamonitor
20 Mar 2013
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Upcoming smart meter/smart grid research from Datamonitor Energy

Datamonitor Energy has identified several key issues in the smart meter/smart grid area. In April we will publish research on the issue of "Smart metering: public vs private networks - pros and cons of each approach and the growing acceptance of cellular connectivity in the smart grid."

Published By Datamonitor
19 Mar 2013
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New UK nuclear capacity nearly dead

EDF's UK nuclear ambitions at Hinkley Point are close to collapse as there remains a big gap between the company's desired price for power and the government's view of a fair price.

Published By Datamonitor
19 Mar 2013
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UK joins non-binding EU agreement to support nuclear

The UK and 11 other EU countries have signaled their support for nuclear generation. Datamonitor expects benefits from such "soft" agreements to be long-term and to include easier access to funding and R&D sharing. In the short term, the UK government's new carbon price floor will make low-carbon generation, including nuclear, more attractive.

Published By Datamonitor
19 Mar 2013
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Renewable generation investment a (small) step closer to CfDs

The first edition of the UK government's guidelines for the new support framework for renewable investors will leave investors hanging, with no contracts to be set in stone before the end of 2013.

Published By Datamonitor
18 Mar 2013
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EDF scores a draw with UK environmentalists

EDF has closed out a bitter dispute with environmental campaigners in the UK who in October 2012 occupied its power plant at West Burton. By reaching a settlement with the campaigners EDF has ended an ugly war of words that was threatening major damage to its reputation.

Published By Datamonitor
14 Mar 2013
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EDF and GDF still dominate the French retail power market

A report released last week by the French electricity and gas regulator CRE shows that little has changed in the French retail energy market. Six years after the power and gas markets were opened to competition the large incumbent players are monopolizing the relatively small number of customers who do switch.

Published By Datamonitor
12 Mar 2013
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UK considers bioliquid subsidies

Bioliquid generation has attracted support in European countries such as Italy, while Germany and the Netherlands have ceased support due to sustainability issues. As the UK considers introducing a level of bioliquid subsidies alongside those for other types of biomass generation, lessons could be learned from Germany and Italy alike.

Published By Datamonitor
11 Mar 2013

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