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A government minister has said a National Grid-backed project to build the world’s longest sub-sea interconnector between Iceland and the UK faces difficulties which will be “extremely difficult” to overcome.
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Nottingham City Council will be subjected to a review over its handling of Robin Hood Energy, the government has confirmed. The rapid non-statutory review, which has been agreed by the council, will look into the “serious governance and risk management issues” associated with the council-backed energy firm, the customers of which were recently sold to Centrica.
Schemes such as the warm home discount in energy or social tariffs in water could be used to flag potentially vulnerable customers to different sectors, a new report has recommended. National Energy Action’s ‘Surviving the wilderness’ report focuses on three sectors – energy, water and council tax. It concludes that common approaches to debt management can help customers to know what to expect at all stages of the process, and how to navigate the support options which may be available to them.
A new report to explain how a focus on short interruptions can help power network operators get ahead increasing regulatory pressure for improvements in customer experience and resilience despite mounting grid constraints.
In our latest round-up of sector coverage from the national press, the government looks close to giving the green light to a new nuclear plant at Sizewell in Suffolk; RWE warns that Britain’s bid to power every home with offshore windfarms by 2030 is at risk of being derailed; and the founder of Ovo Energy has spun out a new start-up.
In the final part of the series, Adam John speaks to the winners of the Young Energy Professionals awards about how their generation considers the net-zero challenge.
