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ESO permitted to delay entry to European balancing platform

Trade bodies give their take on the party manifestos

All the main parties have now published their general election manifestos. Utility Week asked Water UK, Energy UK and the ENA for their first impressions, taking in net zero ambitions and Labour's zeal for renationalisation.

EDF gives go-ahead to 450MW offshore windfarm

UKPN: DNOs ‘will be blamed for delaying net-zero if we don’t move fast enough’

Patrick Clarke, the director of network operations for UK Power Networks, has insisted the sector needs to be decarbonisation-ready, even in the absence of policy roadmaps – or risk a public backlash. He also shared his view on why utilities will still be digging up the roads in 50 years’ time.

Data from world’s first floating windfarm shared for free

Delivering key changes across the transforming energy landscape

The commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 has major implications for industry and society. With over a quarter of all UK carbon dioxide emissions currently attributed to the energy sector it’s clear that significant changes will have to take place in terms of how we produce energy, as well as how it is delivered and used.

Fast-tracking net zero ‘would cost 9% of GDP’

A new report has laid out the true costs of eradicating emissions by either 2025 or 2030, calling the latter “implausible” and the former “practically impossible”. The analysis by thinktank Onward sets out a blueprint for a sustainable net-zero goal, including recommendations to replace the Contracts for Difference regime and removing energy levies from electricity bills.

SNP calls for free national energy switching service

Renewables poised for first foray into Capacity Market

Improving customer satisfaction in an increasingly competitive landscape

Elexon suggests ‘quick wins’ to speed up code changes

Renationalisation for the many

Labour's renationalisation plans just got bigger, meaning even more uncertainty for utilities, writes Utility Week magazine editor Suzanne Heneghan

ESO launches reactive power tender for Mersey

Corbyn’s Green New Deal heralds return to Old Labour values

Utility Week policy correspondent David Blackman picks through the details of Labour’s manifesto and talks to experts about the potential consequences for the sector. They discuss the extent and costs of the party’s nationalisation plans, whether its targets for massively expanding renewable generation are feasible and who would co-ordinate its ambitious net-zero goals.

UK should aim for 80GW of North Sea offshore wind by 2050