Generation

Kwarteng grants fresh consent for Norfolk Vanguard wind farm

Energy Reset: We have been dishonest with the public

Octopus and BayWa r.e. form green hydrogen partnership

Energy crisis could help to flesh out net zero strategy

Contracts for Difference auctions to be held annually

Regulators approve Chinese reactor for use in the UK

National Grid and Octopus open flexibility trial to 1.4m customers

First reactive power contract awarded to offshore wind farm

Is the government right to intervene in the energy market?

Octopus raises solar export payments to customers

Weekend press round-up: Centrica gears up for £200m activist assault

In our latest review of sector coverage in the national newspapers, the owner of British Gas is said to be braced for a raid by hedge funds eager to take advantage of the global energy crisis. A government plan to mitigate the worst impacts of that crisis is set to be unveiled this week, another report suggests. Meanwhile, Macquarie’s return to the UK water sector is analysed.

Average day-ahead prices rose by 235% in 2021

Government gives £100m backing to Sizewell C

Ofgem pauses plans to apply transmission charges to distributed generators

SSE, Pennon, UU and Severn Trent accredited for gender equality

Four UK utilities have made it onto the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index of global publicly-listed companies that have scored highly across five areas: female leadership and talent pipeline, equal pay and gender pay parity, inclusive culture, anti-sexual harassment policies, and pro-women brand. In a separate ranking, four utilities made the top 50 UK employers for inclusivity.