Electricity networks

Fly-tipping threatens power supplies

Iceland interconnector could undercut UK offshore wind

Sewerage is an asset, not the solution to a problem

Since privatisation, the logic of an integrated clean and dirty water enterprise structure has dominated in the water sector. This was underpinned by the logic of scale economies, so necessary to utilities originating in a public service ethos. Is that about to change? In the "dustbin" solid waste economy, disposal taxes will have increased the upper price ceiling of waste disposal from £7 per tonne in 1997 to £100 in 2013, powering a veritable explosion of new entrants offering alternatives to landfill. Unsurprisingly, this is creating a loop back to technology innovation embracing new bio, thermo, chemical and mechanical applications able to prosper at these higher rates of reward. The stimulus is not just fiscal, however.

Analysis: The media lays into ‘rip-off’ wind

Planning permission granted for £100m Welsh pumped storage project

The future DNO agenda

Electricity distribution savings retained for Northern Scotland

Capita leads preferred bidders for smart meter contracts

Water companies prove an attractive offering for investors

Making the link

Government resists calls for electricity storage strategy

Ofgem: cut transmission charges for Scottish renewables

Energy storage ‘must be recognised in its own right’

National Grid consults on £500m National Parks spend

Price shocks

SME specialist Haven Power is lobbying for greater stability on the subsidies and network charges built into bills, so customers get fewer price shocks. Chief executive Peter Bennell explains