Markets and trading

Good Energy hits 30K mark

Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has reached 30,000 customers. In a trading update the firm said gains represented an annualised growth rate of 12 per cent. Gas accounts have also increased to 6,700. Combined, the two represent annual growth of 18 per cent, according to the firm.

Vestas ditches Sheerness wind turbine factory plan

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas said today it will not build a plant at Sheerness.

Offshore wind transmission regime could do better, says National Audit Office

London carbon fraudsters jailed

Energy network firms given breathing space over flood protection

Energy regulator Ofgem has failed to keep to a pledge to press power distribution companies to upgrade their flood protection despite a recent series of severe flood warnings.

EU climate policy ‘costs billions and risks jobs’

All the world’s a stage

Utility bosses get top jobs at Green Investment Bank

by Roger Milne The government has named two senior utility figures as chairman and deputy

Brussels plots power grab over green energy

Brussels urges renewable subsidy harmonisation, starts ball rolling for 2030 energy and emissions targets

Water on tap?

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Final cut

Industries facing change need clarity and a track record

Small emitters and hospitals have until 18 July to duck ETS red tape