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Harnessing innovation to accelerate the transition to net zero

British Gas accelerates fleet electrification

British Gas has placed what it claims is the UK’s largest commercial order of electric vehicles (EVs) and has brought forward the date for electrifying its fleet. Ahead of its preliminary financial results revealed it has ordered 2,000 new all-electric Vauxhall Vivaro-e vans and will now aim to have a fully electric fleet by 2025, five years earlier than previously planned.

Havant Thicket: The future of water resource planning

Guiding light needed for EV scale-up journey

Is a just transition realistic?

Installers propose ways to save GHG

Trade associations representing installers of eligible technologies under the GHG have suggested improvements to the scheme following a survey that showed how damaging the voucher scheme's rollout has been to businesses it was designed to help

NIC calls for collective push to drive down water consumption

Government, regulators and industry must build on their recently transformed collaboration to deliver a strategy for reducing per capita water consumption, according to the National Infrastructure Commission

Real-time energy savings metering is ‘critical’ for retrofitting

A report by a coalition of industry experts has recommended the creation of a new protocol for measuring energy savings in retrofitted homes in real-time. The Green Finance Institute’s Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings says a national, standardised way to measure the energy saved by retrofit works is “vital” to unlocking up to £65 billion of investment needed to decarbonise the existing building stock.

Government warned not to rely too heavily on EVs

Anglian grows Shop Window project

Anglian Water has set out plans to expand its Shop Window, the company's Newmarket test bed for innovation, to trial its projects with one million customers before company-wide adoption.

Ofwat names innovation judging panel

The judging panel for Ofwat's much anticipated Innovation in Water Challenge has been named. The eight experts from the water sector and related industries will judge a Dragons' Den style pitching competition

Octopus and NatWest unveil EV charging bundle

Octopus Energy and NatWest Group have launched an electric vehicle (EV) charging bundle which will allow the bank’s customers to purchase chargers at discounted rates. The joint offering, which the companies claim is the first of its kind, includes the entire stack of infrastructure, technology and software needed to switch to EVs as well as a comprehensive assessment of each customer’s needs.

Slye: We need to educate consumers before expecting them to act

The director of the Electricity System Operator talks to Utility Week as part of our Countdown to COP campaign. He stresses that the energy system alone cannot deliver decarbonisation and that the industry must bring consumers along. He also talks about the "clear, urgent, no regrets actions" that can remove barriers to deploying decarbonised heat solutions at scale.

Number of ultra-rapid EV chargers rose by 65% in 2020

Inside the Energy House 2.0

DNOs trial new device for spotting faults

Doubling down on debt