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Cadent: UK no longer hydrogen leaders after scrapping village trials

‘Muted’ energy build rate increases decarbonisation challenge

Jackson and Mottram join Utility Week Live’s biggest ever content programme 

Hydrogen from excess wind could decarbonise UK steel

Generation cost measure labelled ‘blunt instrument’

Sizewell C cleared to begin construction

Octopus invests £200m in data centre heat company

Scottish Power unveils £5.4bn transmission upgrade

Utilities face increased fines for delayed street works

Weekend press: South West accused of failing to be honest over drought projections

In our latest round-up of the weekend’s national news coverage, South West Water has been criticised by the Environment Agency for not being “honest, open and transparent with regulators about their drought projections and potential risks to security of supply” in the summer of 2022. Elsewhere, the Environment Agency is facing allegations of neglect of the River Wye over effluent and contaminated waters at free-range egg farms flowing directly into watercourses and it is revealed that Britain’s gas network is still using engines from 1960s RAF fighter jets.

‘Seismic shift’ needed to break smart meter ceiling

One in five Brits still flush wet wipes

Flexitricity’s virtual power plant grows to more than 1GW

Will councils hit net zero? The £10bn question

New awards will celebrate success of women in utilities