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Northern Powergrid is trialing technology to provide electricity to customers during power cuts. The Silent Power project will use electric vans for energy storage.
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As a result of the deal a new board of directors will be created for Together Energy. As well as this, 30 new jobs are set to be created in the Cheshire town.
Greencoat says construction of the windfarm is expected to be completed in 2021. The transaction between UKW and Innogy will be completed once construction is finished.
The contracts awarded follow a 12-month procurement process. The investment will cover new build and refurbishment works for all mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and automation assets (MEICA).
Fleetwood-based BES is expanding into Manchester. The company will take on some former employees of failed supplier Eversmart Energy,
As part of its £126m settlement for failures in operating sewage treatment sites and misreporting its performance, Southern has agreed to repay former customers who no longer live within its area. It has also agreed bonuses linked to wastewater compliance will not be paid when the company fails to meet its relevant performance commitments.
Shell Energy Retail has acquired Hudson Energy Supply, including its domestic retail arm Green Star, for “up to £10.5 million”. Green Star currently supplies 200,000 UK customers
Launching the annual State of the Market report, Ofgem chairman Martin Cave warned that standards must not be lowered for proposals even if they are progressing the decarbonisation agenda. He stressed that offloading the costs of net-zero onto vulnerable customers could undermine public support in tackling climate change.
The annual healthcheck of the sector found that while overall customer complaint numbers are “relatively stable”, there have been big increases in relation to small suppliers. The report also set out the latest shifting of the landscape in terms of market share, with both the largest and smallest players being squeezed.
