Rob Horgan

Grid connection woes hold up over 1,000 shovel-ready projects

ENW seeks flexible services platform provider

Electricity North West (ENW) is seeking a technology provider to develop a flexible services platform. The platform will support the flexible service process while helping to manage demand and reduce costs for customers.

Kraken licensed to first-ever broadband provider

Demand concerns over industry bills reforms

Government proposals to remove green levies from energy intensive businesses could lead to an unintentional rise in peak time demand, Energy UK has warned. While generally supportive of the government’s Industry Supercharger proposals, Energy UK has called for an impact analysis to be carried out to “avoid unintended consequences”.

EA: Polluting water companies ‘will not or cannot change’

Tesla seeks leader to launch UK retailer 

Contractors sought for £2.8bn water frameworks

Centrica signs £6.2bn LNG deal with US firm

SSEN: 50GW offshore wind target difficult without ASTI

The government pledge to develop 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 would be very difficult under the Large Onshore Transmission Investment regime, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has said. The network operator said it strongly supported the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework as an alternative because it enables a tranche of transmission projects to be fast-tracked.

Thames Water results: Five things we learnt

Thames Water has published its eagerly-awaited annual results, following a fortnight of speculation about its financial health. The headline figures show revenue grew by 4% to £2.3 billion during the past year but EBITDA dropped 3% to £1.1 billion. Also within the 183-page document were revelations about bonus payments, environmental provisions and shareholder commitments.