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EDF granted consent to build 299MW gas peaking plant

EDF Energy has been granted a development consent order by business and energy secretary Alok Sharma to build a 299MW gas peaking plant at its West Burton site in Nottinghamshire. The company has also announced plans to build a 49.9MW solar farm near Bramford in Suffolk.

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BEIS to consult on heat and energy efficiency zoning

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EDF backs carbon tax

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Kwarteng: I don’t see the problem on returns

Kwasi Kwarteng has rebutted suggestions that investors will be put off UK energy infrastructure by Ofgem’s drive to curb network returns. In his keynote address at Utility Week’s Build Back Better Forum the energy minister said he was confident Ofgem would reach a settlement with energy networks that incentivises backers.

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Town-scale trials needed to end ‘total paralysis’ on heating

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The Green Recovery – major new report from Utility Week

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The role of CfD in an age of uncertainty

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Ambitious water efficiency targets needed to meet climate change commitments

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Government extends price cap

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UK-only ETS ‘would be worst of all worlds’

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Eon pushes government to extend energy efficiency measures

Eon is holding discussions with the government about extending the deadline for the first phase of the council-led prong of the £3 billion energy efficiency drive, its chief executive has revealed.

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Build Back Better: WPD’s role in the green economic recovery

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Eon: UK should take holistic approach towards net zero

Cities across the UK should take a holistic approach when tackling the net-zero challenge, ensuring that fuel poor households are engaged in the transition, Eon Energy’s head of city energy transformation has stressed.

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Uncoordinated network investment putting wind ambitions at risk

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Relief for local energy suppliers ‘risks distorting market’

Reforming the electricity generation licensing system to make it easier to set up grassroots suppliers could have “unintended consequences” and ultimately end up costing consumers more, energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng has warned.

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UK exit from North Sea energy project risks ‘slowdown’

Efforts to integrate the UK’s energy network with its European neighbours have been hit by its post-Brexit exclusion from a North Sea co-operation project, a senior National Grid director has acknowledged.

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Warm Home Discount to be extended by one year

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EAC to explore barriers to heat pump uptake

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has announced a mini inquiry into the barriers to the increased uptake of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the National Insulation Association has warned the government it will miss its target of 600,000 energy efficiency upgrades unless it extends the deadline for the Green Homes Grant scheme.

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Special administration scheme extended to energy sector

The government has rushed out new rules to provide an additional safety net for consumers of potentially bankrupt suppliers.

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Water UK urges government to act over tree planting

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