As Urban Reserve marks a major milestone with its first flexible electricity facility going live, we are reflecting on the business’ impressive growth to date. We interviewed Aidan Morris, Head of Connections and Delivery, and Ben Wallace, Head of Development at AMP Clean Energy, about how they turned a concept into a market leading business […]
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By Mark Tarry, MD of AMP Clean Energy’s Urban Reserve project In its most recent Future Energy Scenarios (FES), National Grid ESO made significant changes to its scenario framework to reflect the changes needed so the UK can hit its net zero by 2050 target. Three of them – Consumer Transformation, System Transformation and Leading […]
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October 2019 Distributed energy company, AMP Clean Energy, has announced it has secured planning for 50 MW of its market-leading Urban Reserve flexible generation plants in areas of high demand, providing energy when and where it is needed most across local distribution networks. Energy turnkey solutions provider, Vital Energi, has been appointed to deliver the […]
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Mark Tarry Managing Director, Said: “National Grid’s final report into the power cut on 9 August has recommended that, while a lightning strike was the ultimate cause, a review into the amount of emergency power available is needed to avoid blackouts happening in the future – particularly as we head to a net zero future, […]
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Mark Tarry, Managing Director, Urban Reserve There has probably never been a more interesting time to work in energy. Renewables and low carbon energy sources continue to rise, creating an unprecedented reduction in our use of fossil fuels. The UK Government has recently signed up to an ambitious net zero future. And we continue to […]
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With air conditioning use rising in offices and homes throughout Europe how do our energy systems keep up with increased demand? As we have seen heat records broken across the continent, the increasing use of air conditioning systems and units has created peaks in electricity demand. Indeed in New York more than 50,000 people suffered […]
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New heat storage system will store heat in a quarter of the space of conventional systems Businesses will be provided with cheaper heat for 20 years Flexible generation plants which transmit the heat will be 90% efficient An innovative project by AMP Clean Energy and The University of Birmingham to develop a thermal energy storage […]
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Mark Tarry, chief financial officer at AMP Clean Energy, comments on its contract win following UK Power Network’s recent flexibility auction. The five-year contract will see AMP Clean Energy deliver up to 1.5MW of flexible generation from a 2.3MW facility at Romney Warren in South East England. “Being awarded this contract as part of the […]
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By Mark Tarry, Managing Director, Urban Reserve The UK has placed itself on a low carbon trajectory, with legally binding climate change targets to reduce greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050. These targets could soon be further strengthened to achieve #Net Zero emissions by 2050. The recent report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) […]
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The UK is on a path towards a sustainable, decentralised energy system as we transform both the mix of generation sources and the structure of our networks. Up to three quarters of our power supply is expected to come from renewables by 2050. Over the same timescale, up to 65% of the UK’s generation capacity […]
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AMP Clean Energy has secured planning permission for the first of 14 Urban Reserve projects it is developing in the first quarter of 2019. Urban Reserve plants provide flexible electricity generation in urban and commercial areas of high energy demand. The 4MW plant is located in Andover Business Park in an area where SSE, […]
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As Ofgem begins a review of how network usage and access is charged, AMP Clean Energy’s chief financial officer Mark Tarry explains why the focus of reforms should be on location. The transformation of the UK’s energy system is underway, with the growing adoption of smarter, cleaner technologies that will help deliver a decarbonised future. […]
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