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Can marine renewables ever be mainstream?

However novel and appealing the proposal is… the costs that would be incurred would be

Suppliers shouldn’t gamble with their own customers’ money

"Protection for one group of customers must not come at the cost of a blank cheque from all others"

Olympos Water applies to enter water retail market

Olympos Water has become the latest company to apply for a water supply and sewerage licence, hoping to create a multi-utility provider for the water retail market.

Electricity North West trials substation cooling to cut costs

Electricity North West is trialling a range of cooling techniques at 100 of its substations to cut costs, as part of its £5.3 million Celsius project.

Pipe up: Can fleets get us out of the EV slow lane?

"Encouraging owners of large business fleets to transition to electric vehicles is critical to the UK’s journey to zero emissions"

Six lessons from the Iresa collapse

Iresa, the troubled energy supplier, ceased trading last week. What can the industry learn from the Iresa saga – and how can small but rapidly-growing providers avoid a similar fate? Data supplied to Utility Week by the Energy Ombudsman contains some answers.

Utility Week Awards winner case study: Co-op Energy takes on GB Energy’s customers

Co-op Energy won the 2017 Utility Week Customer Care Award for the way it handled taking on the customers of the failed GB Energy Supply. As part of a series of case studies looking at the Award winners, Utility Week looks in detail at the initiative.

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Interview: Heidi Mottram, chief executive, Northumbrian Water

“What would have been leading performance when I came to Northumbrian Water just wouldn’t pass now.”

Subsidy-free renewable energy – commercial reality or government fantasy?