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Weekend press round-up: Price cap set for further cut

This weekend, the national newspapers covered speculation about the next review of the price cap. There was also contrasting coverage of two of energy retail’s most prominent disruptors – with industry sources airing concerns about Bulb’s mounting losses while Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson talks about becoming the “Amazon of energy”.

6 years ago

Habitat Energy secures 74MW storage optimisation deal with Gresham House

The deal concerns several projects across the UK. Habitat's platform can maximise the value of assets across wholesale markets.

6 years ago

Who’s in the firing line for climate change litigation?

6 years ago

Regional growth and utilities

6 years ago

GridBeyond secures £9m investment to fund research and expansion

6 years ago

Utility of the Future: The digital water market is worth $30bn worldwide

6 years ago

Climate Assembly advisor defends 2050 net-zero target

A leading energy academic, who has been chosen to advise the new Climate Assembly, has warned it is “one hell of a job” to decarbonise the UK economy by 2050. He was speaking ahead of the first meeting of the Assembly, which brings together 110 members of the public to try to reach consensus on the net-zero journey.

6 years ago

Wales prioritises heat pumps in vision for new homes

Heat pumps and networks look set to be the principal means of keeping Wales’ new homes warm from 2025, according to new draft building regulations. The Welsh government’s revisions to the regulations which govern energy use in new housing say there that while there may be a role for hydrogen in heating the homes of the future, it expects heat networks and pumps to be the principal source of low-carbon heating.

6 years ago

ENA consults on 2020 workplan for Open Networks project

6 years ago

Khan: London’s 2030 net-zero goal is ‘colossal undertaking’

The Mayor of London has pledged to make the capital the biggest city in the world to be carbon neutral by that start of the next decade. He said: “There’s no doubt that it’s an ambitious target and that it’s going to be hard for our city to meet, but unless London is really stretched we won’t meet the changes that we desperately need.”

6 years ago

Eon extends renewable energy offering to small businesses

Eon already supplies 100 per cent renewable-backed electricity to domestic customers. It now aims to get 100,000 small businesses to sign up in the next 12 months.

6 years ago

SSEN secures funds to model impact of local energy strategies

6 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Former minister says May’s price cap has failed

In this weekend’s press round-up: Conservative MP John Penrose says consumers are still being ripped off after Theresa May introduced the “wrong kind” of price cap; Octopus Energy acquires 70,000 customers from French energy firm Engie; and water companies defy Ofwat by paying out hundreds of millions of pounds in dividends.

6 years ago