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The UK’s largest electricity distribution network is testing an online portal which will give local
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Civil engineering and infrastructure specialist Barhale has announced it has been awarded the £9 million main civils package at Barn Elms Sports Centre work site in Richmond, part of the Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT) project.
Toshiba is holding discussions with asset management giant Brookfield about taking its stake in the troubled Moorside nuclear project.
Using excess electricity generated by wind to manufacture hydrogen could currently only provide enough fuel to replace a tiny fraction of the natural gas used in domestic heating, a new report has warned.
Industry regulator Ofgem said the company offered tariffs to 8,815 customers when visiting a bespoke page on price comparison website Utility Discount, which was accessible only via an online advert.
The project is located 120km off the coast of Yorkshire and will feature 174 of Siemens Gamesa’s 7MW SWT154 turbines - giving it a total capacity of 1,218MW. It will become the world’s largest offshore windfarm when it is commissioned in 2020.
Ovo, which has been developing "intelligent energy platform" VCharge, says the expansion onto the European mainland comes at a “crucial point” as it makes the transition into an international digitally integrated energy technology company.
The mid-tier supplier said it is increasing its variable plan rates and removing the online discount associated with it, following a rise of 15 per cent in wholesale costs since June.
Sam Dumitriu, the institute’s head of research, said price differences between “rip off” SVTs and cheaper fixed tariffs are not evidence of low levels of competition as has been suggested.
Research will focus on understanding the “increasingly complex interactions between electricity, gas, heat and transport systems, resulting in a suite of software tools that can provide a range of possible futures for the UK’s energy system”.
Engineering and construction company J Murphy and Sons (Murphy) has been awarded a contract worth more than £57 million by Yorkshire Water for a new energy and recycling facility in Huddersfield.
The UK government has guaranteed to underwrite EU funding for trans-national energy projects, including gas and electricity interconnectors, in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit.
Anglian Water was visited by environment secretary Michael Gove last week at sites in Gazeley and Newmarket in Suffolk, where he learnt about the company’s “sector-leading approach” to leakage.
SSE has warned warm weather and persistently high gas prices in the financial year so far negatively impacted its adjusted operating profit by £190 million and has also warned the looming price cap will hit profits next year.
Thames Water has installed a “special edition” manhole cover to mark the first anniversary of the discovery of the 130-tonne Whitechapel fatberg.
SSE has said it is worried the message that electric vehicles (EVs) are here to stay has not “seeped all the way through” to the 33 London boroughs.
"The ambition highlighted in our manifesto shows an industry that is dynamic and passionate about delivering real benefits for customers"
A broad coalition of businesses and pressure groups has urged Theresa May to accelerate the phase-out of new petrol and diesel cars and vans.
Ofwat has wasted no time in getting underway with scrutinising water companies’ business plans for the next price review period, PR19.
The government has awarded grants of up to £300,000 to eight companies to undertake feasibility studies as part of a £44 million research and development programme for advanced modular reactors.