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The costs of the smart meter rollout programme will rise "even further", a parliamentary report has recommended.
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Ministers were so desperate to get it over that they tried to bring forward the
Responding to a question at a seminar organised by Elexon, the chair of Energy UK said there was "not much" evidence of governmental response to the strains on the grid resulting from the increased decentralisation of generation.
Consumers should not be forced to take advanced SMETS2 meters until the devices are more reliable, according to a Conservative MP.
Moves to force water companies to pay more corporation tax will lead to reduced investment or higher bills, Water UK chief executive Michael Roberts has warned.
The government has axed subsidies for new small-scale low-carbon electricity generation, sparking dismay from renewable energy bodies.
Claire Perry has warned that the government will take an “extremely dim” view of any legal attempt by the big six energy suppliers to thwart the introduction of the household price cap bill in the courts.
At least two CCS (carbon capture storage) plants should be up and running by the mid-2020s, the government has been told by the force that it established to spur the development of the technology.
The amount of rubbish incinerated in energy from waste plants will outstrip that recycled by the end of the current financial year, the Green Party has claimed.
A project to build an electric powered commercial aircraft is one of the big winners from an announcement today (16 July) of £343 million worth of government and industry investment in the aviation.