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It ain’t what you do…

It ain’t what you do…

Market-wide half hourly settlement is finally set to become a reality in 2025. But Ofgem’s long-awaited green light for the programme will not achieve a fully flexible energy system on its own. In her latest column exclusively for Utility Week members, Maxine Frerk discusses what else needs to be done to underline the message that timing matters.

4 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Water retailers face collapse due to unpaid bills

In our review of sector coverage in the national newspapers over the bank holiday weekend, there are warnings water retailers have been pushed to the brink by the impact of Covid. Meanwhile, there are calls for public subsidies to support the decarbonisation of heat and a plea for plain English to be used in utility bills.

4 years ago

Data and digitalisation requirements for the energy transition

4 years ago

Green Alliance calls for EV mandate for carmakers

4 years ago

Six of the best: accelerating the energy transition

4 years ago

Imagining the system operator of the future

4 years ago

EVs big winners as UKPN contracts 350MW of flexibility

4 years ago

Ofgem approves £155m new green recovery spend by DNOs

More than 200 projects to install electric vehicle charging points across the UK have been approved as part of a £300 million green recovery scheme, of which just over half represents new funding for RIIO-ED1.

4 years ago

EV charging ‘superhub’ to open in Oxford

A new electric vehicle (EV) charging superhub is set to open in Oxford later this year. The project, which  will initially consist of 38 fast and ultra-rapid chargers, will provide up to 10MW of power on site and will scale up to meet the need for EV charging in the area over the next three decades.

4 years ago

Government has ‘mountain to climb’ on EV charging

4 years ago

Costa Coffee unveils rapid EV charge point deal

Costa Coffee has agreed a partnership with InstaVolt to install rapid electric vehicle (EV) chargers at up to 200 of its UK drive-thru sites. InstaVolt’s ‘open charger’ model enables anyone who visits a participating Costa site to use its charging points on a pay-as-you-go basis, boosting visibility and ease of charging which is often seen as a stumbling block to the adoption of EVs.

4 years ago

Energy sector ‘requires deep digitalisation’

4 years ago

Weekend press round-up: EVs ‘will be cheaper to produce than fossil fuel vehicles by 2027’

In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, there are new estimates around the falling costs of electric vehicles. Meanwhile, Scottish Power chief executive Keith Anderson is interviewed and a trial by Northumbrian Water to extract hydrogen from waste byproducts is profiled.

4 years ago

BP deepens relationship with Pure Planet

4 years ago

EV sales hit milestone but grant cuts stunt growth

4 years ago

MHHS should not place limits on elective arrangements

4 years ago

DCC network is ‘credible option’ for enabling smart EV charging

Britain’s smart meter network is a "credible option" for enabling smart electric vehicle (EV) charging, despite a report warning against its mandatory use, the chief executive of the Data Communications Company (DCC) has argued. Angus Flett was speaking in response to a report produced on behalf of trade body Energy UK, which raised a number of concerns, including that the DCC network is specific to Great Britain, whilst the market for EVs is global.

4 years ago

Concerns raised over mandating DCC network for smart EV charging

4 years ago

EV drivers unhappy with public charging infrastructure

4 years ago

Good Energy offers free EV charging with ToU tariff

4 years ago

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