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Consortium awarded grid link licence for Hornsea One after record investment

Ofgem has awarded a licence for the grid link to offshore windfarm Hornsea One after securing a record £1.2 billion investment. The Mitsubishi Corporation-led consortium Diamond Transmission Partners was selected by Ofgem to own and operate the offshore transmission system linking the windfarm to the British mainland.

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Welsh Water rejuvenates woodlands

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Yorkshire proposes regulatory revolution

Yorkshire Water has published ideas for investment and regulatory reform to allow the sector to be more flexible in its PR24 business plans and rise to the challenges of climate change and population growth. Utility Week discusses the company's proposal with its director of corporate affairs, Richard Emmott.

4 years ago

Octopus offers batteries to power wifi during smart installs

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Innovate East returns to address decarbonisation

To address some of the problematic elements of decarbonisation in the water sector, this virtual innovation festival jointly hosted by Anglian, Yorkshire and Essex & Suffolk will look towards COP26

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Latest on RIIO2 appeals

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National Grid to appeal cost of equity for RIIO2

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Suppliers pay out £10m after overcharging 1m customers

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Future home energy market should learn lessons from the smart rollout

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Analysts expect all companies to reject RIIO2 determinations

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Octopus Energy reaches 2m customer milestone

Octopus Energy has awarded a year’s supply of free energy to its 2 millionth customer. Chief executive Greg Jackson talks to Utility Week about the milestone and how he took inspiration from the comic Whizzer & Chips to celebrate it.

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Npower shuts down app after data breach

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Centrica’s 2045 net zero target shows the ‘tide is turning’

Centrica’s aim to reduce its emissions to net zero by 2045 show the “tide is turning” for energy businesses, an industry observer has said. Alongside the company's latest financial update were plans for the business to achieve net zero emissions five years ahead of the UK’s national target.

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Northumbrian targets water efficiency scheme at children

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Green Homes Grant: A tale of two opportunities

Eon UK chief executive Michael Lewis outlines his thoughts on the progress of the Green Homes Grant scheme. Lewis believes more funding for the scheme's Local Authority Delivery (LAD) element could help with delivering further demand. Elsewhere Lewis discusses Eon's own response to the scheme, revealing that the company is creating more jobs to manage the thousands of LAD projects it has secured.

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Centrica targets net zero by 2045; reports £360m loss

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Disabled people ‘forgo meals’ to save energy in pandemic

A charity has revealed the extent of the impact the pandemic has had on people with disabilities, with some forgoing meals in order to save energy. Scope, a disability equality charity, conducted an Opinium survey of more than 1,000 disabled people and has released the results in a report titled Covid-19, energy suppliers and their disabled customers.

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CMA appeals decision now due mid-March

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Female representation in utilities growing

In the past year the representation of women in senior positions and sitting on boards increased at listed utility companies but it remains a male-dominated sector

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Do no harm: Investing for net zero

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