Low-carbon generation

Weekend press: Health check of England’s waters faces six-year wait

System restoration services open to smaller generators

Renewables on bases could boost UK’s military resilience

Accelerating the roll out of low carbon generation on military bases would boost UK resilience in the event that the country came under attack, the House of Commons defence committee has said. The committee’s new report Defence and Climate Change says the Ministry of Defence (MoD) can do much more to measure and reduce its emissions without eroding military capability. It describes the MoD’s decarbonisation targets as “insufficiently demanding”, adding that they are among the least demanding in Whitehall for reducing emissions.

Budget boost unlikely to shift prospects for next CfD round

Pinchbeck warns against complacency on renewables

The UK is “resting on its laurels” from past successes in rolling out offshore wind and has under-estimated the speed of progress elsewhere, Emma Pinchbeck has said. The Energy UK chief executive also warned that increased competition for investment makes it important for Britain to maintain its cross-party consensus on tackling climate change

Solar installations surge in first half of 2023

Government’s community energy fund ‘falls short’  

Octopus to offer free energy to consumers

Public backs new grid infrastructure

Green light for SSEN’s £488m Skye power line upgrade

SSEN’s £488 million proposal to upgrade power lines between Fort Augustus and the Isle of Skye has been given the green light. Ofgem approved the plans after ruling that “there is sufficient evidence of a clear needs case for the Skye project on the basis that there is the need for asset intervention and that new generation has shown enough progress to warrant adding additional capacity to the Skye circuit”. The plans include replacing the existing single 132kV overhead line (OHL) which spans across 160km between Fort Augustus on the mainland to Ardmore on the Isle of Skye.

Weekend press: Shapps to slash energy bill support

Winser backs lump sums for homes close to new power lines

CfD boost is ‘too little, too late’

Government backs RAB for hydrogen transport

Fundamental step-change in decarbonisation key to unlocking huge economic prize