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Business resilience versus the coronavirus

Within just a month coronavirus has soared to the top of the world’s lexicon, but for lifeline businesses like utilities ‘resilience’ is now running a close second, writes Suzanne Heneghan

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‘Cash for ash’ inquiry says Ofgem’s oversight was inadequate

Ofgem did not provide the Northern Irish government with a good enough service when administering the province’s botched renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme, the chair of the long running inquiry into the issue has concluded.

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Weekend press round-up: Utilities brace for coronavirus impact

As some workers are kept home by the coronavirus pandemic, EDF is considering offering those affected a reprieve from payments, while the energy industry grapples with the effects on electricity demand. Meanwhile, planning applications for renewable energy projects hit a new high – all in the latest round-up of the weekend’s papers.

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Northern Ireland’s RHI scheme was a ‘project too far’, inquiry finds

Northern Ireland’s devolved administration over-reached itself when it launched its version of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, according to a damning report into the province’s “cash for ash” scandal.

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Cloudy future means politicians must place ‘multiple bets’

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Power to the people: Reinventing the grid

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Industry’s wait for national infrastructure vision continues

News that the long awaited National Infrastructure Strategy had been delayed caused widespread frustration among Utility Week sources this week, long hoping to hear precisely how the £100billion earmarked for UK infrastructure investment will be used, writes Utility Week magazine editor Suzanne Heneghan

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Hydrogen production by 2050 may need to match today’s electricity generation

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Gridserve starts work on nationwide network of ‘Electric Forecourts’

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Capacity auction sees price rebound

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Local leverage for net zero

Achieving net zero will require the devolution of decision-making powers to the regions, but a recent Network conference heard that this may not be as straightforward as it sounds. Jane Gray reports.

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A decade of change for the energy sector

As we enter the new decade, energy companies will continue to diversify their businesses and the move towards renewables will accelerate, says Colin Beaney, of IFS

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New nuclear fleet risks locking in higher costs

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New realities need new forecasting models

As the energy mix changes, it becomes ever more complex – and vital – to be able to predict what wholesale power prices will do.

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Anglian to power Grafham Water site with solar array

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Water sector sets out possible routes to net-zero goal

Specialists advising the water sector on its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2030 have said collaboration will be needed both within and beyond the industry to deliver the necessary innovation.

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Bid to overturn energy NPS launched

Ecotricity’s founder Dale Vince is backing a legal bid to force the government to review the planning policy statement that underpins new energy infrastructure projects. Vince, along with two other listed claimants, wants the government to re-examine the Energy National Policy Statement (NPS) on the grounds that it is out of date and does not reflect recent shifts in the UK’s climate change policy and international commitments.

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Decarbonising rural Britain

As Rishi Sunak prepares to deliver his first Budget, George Webb, chief executive of Liquid Gas UK, ponders the practical steps the chancellor can take to support off-grid rural homes in decarbonisation. Webb argues that it is vital that decarbonising rural communities doesn’t end up as another broadband scenario, resulting with the haves and the have nots.

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UK’s carbon reduction targets still based on 80% threshold

A Parliamentary committee chair has accused the government of adopting an incoherent approach to carbon reduction, after it was revealed that targets are still based on the previous goal of cutting emissions by 80 per cent, rather than hitting net zero.

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Top-up payment changes may inflate CfD strike prices

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