Energy networks

One-off costs for setting up FSO could climb to £390m

Utilita backs clustered heat pump installations to drive down costs

Digitisation shouldn’t cost the earth

Winser: Transmission projects delivery time can be halved

The time it takes to deliver transmission projects can be halved, the government’s Electricity Network Commissioner has told ministers. Nick Winser revealed the headline finding of his transmission network review, while appearing at a hearing of the House of Commons environment audit committee. The review was submitted to the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero and is due to be published later this year.

Ofgem requests performance data to calibrate DSO targets

Weekend press round-up: Householders to receive money off bills for going green under Labour plans

Time for a national strategy on household energy flexibility

High prices to keep UK gas demand low this winter

Miliband: Lifting onshore wind ban a Labour priority

Demand Flexibility Service adjusted to prevent gaming

Labour backs networks to take over smart meter rollout

National Grid proposes ‘radical’ new approach to connections

ESO gets green light to reduce minimum system inertia

EDF secures funding for space-based solar study

EDF will lead a study exploring the value of introducing space-based solar power into the UK’s grid. It is one of eight projects to win government funding to develop space-based solar initiatives. Other winning projects include Cambridge University, who will develop ultra-lightweight solar panels to be connected to satellites that can function in the high-radiation conditions of space, and Queen Mary University in London, who are working on a wireless system to enable the solar power collected in space to be transferred to earth.

Weekend press: Hot weather piles pressure on water companies