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"The way that the UK wire up our homes has not substantively changed in generations, and it is beginning to show"
7 years ago
Delivery of new onshore wind projects will "drop sharply" this year following a record-breaking rate of new installations in 2017, a new report by Renewable UK has predicted.
The government has been urged to prepare an emergency post-Brexit stimulus package to replace billions of pounds of lost EU funding for clean energy projects in the event of a no-deal departure.
The government is pressing ahead with plans to assume higher load factors for renewable projects supported by bill payers through contracts for difference (CfDs).
The government has been urged to block plans by Drax to replace the two remaining coal units at its power station in Yorkshire with combined-cycle gas turbines.
There are now more than 12 million smart and advanced meters operating across homes and businesses in Great Britain, according to new figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
The Competition and Markets Authority [CMA] announced this morning (30 August) that it has "provisionally found that the proposed merger between the big six suppliers SSE Retail (SSE) and Npower, which would effectively create a big five, "does not raise competition concerns".
The speech had been prompted by the publication of the first tranche of government technical
"The fundamental need to identify customer vulnerabilities won’t lessen with the rollout of smart meters"
Ofgem is proposing increased costs for administering the Renewables Obligation (RO) for the period April
As part of the first batch of 25 documents, which offer advice to people and organisations, the government has published two papers looking at the key issues of regulations and research for nuclear.
"We expect to see the emergence of local energy markets, where people can use their EVs to give networks a flexible resource at peak times"
The government has announced plans for an upcoming statutory instrument (SI) to amend several pieces of EU energy legislation which will become “retained direct EU law” as the UK leaves the European Union.
Scottish consumers will need to make significant changes to the way they use energy if government emissions targets are to be met, a study has found.
British Gas is currently leading the way with smart meter installations having installed more than five million so far.
Industry regulator Ofgem has delayed the publication of its proposals for the incoming energy price cap to allow more time to consider consultation responses.
With energy prices set to get higher rather than lower in the future, how can
The chancellor Philip Hammond has announced £780 million of extra cash for the programme on top of £180 million promised by the prime minister last month for centres in the North East, including the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in Blyth.
The government is recruiting a senior new official to spearhead plans for revamping the financing framework for new nuclear projects.
Energy and clean growth minister, Claire Perry said the proposal by Citizens Advice to extend the rollout until 2023 would "only delay millions of households from enjoying the benefits of a smarter energy system."