Electric Vehicles

Sunak ups heat pump grants and pledges grid reform

Overcoming the connections crisis: lessons from abroad

Ofgem seeks views on how to ramp up domestic flexibility

Councils face bumpy road to decarbonised transport

Weekend press: Shapps to slash energy bill support

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

Could gas offer a solution to grid delays?

Weekend press: Thames shareholders to inject £1bn

EDF to trial demand flexibility tariffs for low carbon tech

EDF is developing new tariffs designed to encourage customers to use low carbon technologies at non-peak times. In partnership with smart energy system manufacturer Landis + Gyr and research consultancy LCP Delta, EDF has launched a trial to look at a series of new customer offerings. The new tariffs are being designed to encourage the uptake of low carbon technologies as well as shift usage away from peak times. 

Lightsource BP launches AI home energy assistant

Time to be smart about financing net zero

Boom in rapid EV chargepoint installations

Centrica: DNOs are holding up EV and heat pump connections

DNOs are unable to deal with an increasing volume of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint and heat pump connection requests, according to Centrica. In particular, Centrica has raised concerns around “chronic capacity shortages”, lengthy response times to connection requests and charging inconsistencies.

Transforming Reliability and Resilience – RIIO2 & Beyond

Fivefold increase in grid consents required, NIC warns

The rate at which transmission projects are granted planning consent must increase fivefold in order to deliver the government’s 2035 target to decarbonise the electricity system, the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has warned in its latest annual progress report.