Generation

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

ULEZ if you want to: How far will Tories turn on net zero?

Lord Deben to debate climate doomism at Utility Week Forum

Net zero tsar says Sunak on ‘wrong side of history’

Inquiry launched into long-duration energy storage  

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into long-duration energy storage as part of the UK’s ambitions to decarbonise the grid. The government has set a target for a fully decarbonised electricity system by 2035. The inquiry will seek to establish whether the government has sufficient policies in place to support medium and long-duration energy storage and whether it is on track to deliver this component of a net zero energy system.

ESO urged to ‘speed up’ Balancing Mechanism reforms

How weather data helps utilties mitigate the impact of climate change

‘Not a single person in supply chain’ thinks UK will hit net zero targets

Not a single person in the supply chain believes UK net zero targets will be achieved. That is the damning conclusion of the Energy Industries Council’s (EIC) annual Survive & Thrive report into global energy supply chains. Based on the views of 96 supply chain bosses, the EIC report concludes that “widespread delays in project funding strongly signposts that the UK is not going to meet its legally binding 2050 net zero target, and neither will Scotland meet its 2045 target”.

Industry backs green tariff reform