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Octopus Investments has completed a £174 million refinancing of a biomass and landfill gas portfolio in what is thought to be the first major UK biomass deal in 2018.
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Former Conservative energy minister Charles Hendry has been appointed as independent chair of the transmission user group for SP Energy Networks.
Rachel Fletcher, Ofwat’s chief executive said its role is “not to regulate customers’ water use” and instead it is challenging the sector to better tackle leakage.
The costs of the smart meter rollout programme will rise "even further", a parliamentary report has recommended.
The digital service helps customers to connect with trusted local tradespeople and has so far completed 50,000 jobs since its UK nationwide launch in June last year. It followed regional pilots from early 2016.
SSE’s onshore wind growth added £3.9 billion to the UK and Irish economies over the past decade, the company has estimated.
Responding to a question at a seminar organised by Elexon, the chair of Energy UK said there was "not much" evidence of governmental response to the strains on the grid resulting from the increased decentralisation of generation.
Consumers should not be forced to take advanced SMETS2 meters until the devices are more reliable, according to a Conservative MP.
Moves to force water companies to pay more corporation tax will lead to reduced investment or higher bills, Water UK chief executive Michael Roberts has warned.
The water company submitted three drought applications on 19 July to increase the amount of water it can take from Lake Ullswater, Lake Windermere and Ennerdale Water.
Statistics uncovered in Women Count 2018 report, which considered the number of women with senior executive roles, revealed utility companies are not representative of their customer base.
A consortium led by Energy SRS has secured a £727,000 grant from Innovate UK to build a working prototype of a gravitational battery.
Northern Ireland Water (NI Water) has lifted the country-wide hosepipe ban, which has been in force since 29 June. The ban was lifted at midday on 19 July after demand returned to “near normal levels”.
Shareholders have voted in favour to merge SSE’s retail arm with Npower following a general meeting held today (19 July). The new company will be an independent energy supply and services business that will “create a new market model”.
More than a quarter of energy customers have not been offered a smart meter, despite government targets to offer the devices to all homes by 2020.
Anglian Water is embarking on the second phase of its push towards more on-site solar renewable energy generation at its water treatment sites.
The company blamed the weather for a low output from renewable sources in a trading update, ahead of its annual general meeting (AGM) later today (19 July). Shareholders will be asked to back the proposed merger of the company’s retail arm with Npower at a general meeting after the AGM.
Co-op Energy has “reluctantly” decided to increase its prices by 5.2 per cent for gas and electricity next month.
A record 222,036 customers switched to small and mid-tier suppliers in June, the highest number ever recorded by Energy UK.
Dr Sebastian Catovsky, deputy director of water services at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra) said that greater transfers between regions is “crucial” to remedying water stresses across England.