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The way is now paved for a world record breaking pipeline installation early next year, which will eventually carry up to a quarter of the UK's gas supply.
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The blackout has put the issue of demand side response into the public domain, now it is the responsibility of the sector to communicate its benefits, says Inspired Energy’s Jamie Tabord.
With figures showing 20 per cent of the sector’s workforce will retire within the next ten years, Utility Week talks to experts about what needs to be done to ensure the workforce is fit for purpose, and how the industry is rising to the challenge of protecting workers' mental wellbeing.
The will include significant funding for rapid EV charging infrastructure as well as investment in technologies to remove greenhouses gasses from the atmosphere. Utility Week looks at what the projects are aiming to achieve.
Challenger supplier Ovo Energy has announced it has hired a new chief technology officer from Hotels.com. The medium-sized retailer has also appointed a new product director.
Warrington Borough Council looks set to be the latest local authority to enter the energy retail market. It has recently recommended purchasing a 50 per cent stake in Scottish company Together Energy.
Eversmart was revealed to have had a winding up petition filed against it by National Grid last week. The company exited the energy market on Friday (6 September).
Utility Week speaks to Good Energy founder Juliet Davenport about the company's success in targeting the business supply market and the "sticking point" of price in the domestic sector.
EDF Renewables operates in 22 countries and says its latest onshore windfarm is the largest in Europe. The new project will generate enough power to supply 106,000 homes, the company has said.
The regulator has announced how much it will allocate to Together Energy for its supplier of last resort costs in taking on 36,000 former One Select customers - falling short of the total amount requested.
Familiar faces to the sector are among the raft of Conservative MPs standing down at the next election.
Octopus Energy has expanded further into the global energy market with the acquisition of a German green energy supplier. Utility Week speaks to Greg Jackson, Octopus' chief executive, about the deal and the strategy behind it.
Despite increased levels of switching among energy suppliers recently, research has found customers across the utilities sector to be mostly loyal to their provider. Oliver Disney, commercial director of 383 Project, said the switching trend could be heading towards a "significant roadblock."
The UK offshore oil and gas industry can play its part in helping the UK create a net zero basin by 2050 - or earlier - says Professor Paul de Leeuw of the Robert Gordon University
