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RWE npower analysis shows that Contracts for Difference and Capacity Mechanism elements of Electricity Market Reform may add between £10 and £25 per MWh to cost of wholesale electricity by 2020 UPDATED on 23 January 2014: Following the closure of the government consultation on Electricity Market Reform (EMR), RWE npower has today issued a report into business sentiment on the policy proposal. The report reveals new insights into the policy concerns of a number of…

FACILITIES SHOW’S NEW VENUE, THE LONDON ExCeL, GETS THUMBS UP AS EXHIBITOR SPACE TAKE UP INCREASES BY 38% Facilities Show, the world’s largest facilities management event, is recording significant growth with stand space sales up by an impressive 38%, with over 160 exhibitors already confirmed. The London event, in association with BIFM, is expecting to receive record visitor numbers between June 17-19. “It is a very competitive space, facilities management, and with the level of…

Ofgem has sounded serious warning bells about UK’s generating margin falling from about 14% to sub 4% levels around 2016. Ed Milliband’s statement of a Labour Government freezing energy bills could hardly come at a worse moment and could in fact result in a greater likelihood of brown or blackouts. Major investment is needed in the electricity network and the new wave of nuclear power stations recently announced will not come online until at least…