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Weekend Press: High costs and uncertainties cast a chill over Britain’s heat pump market

This weekend in the national presses, commitments to accelerate ending fossil fuel use; calls for a scrap on windfall taxes to incentivise new wind projects; small businesses continue to struggle with energy costs; and Thames Water urges people 'if it's yellow let it mellow'.

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Norway links rejected for interconnector pilot

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Call for smart meter mandate to complete rollout

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Thames deploys leak detecting AI tool

Thames Water has partnered with Fido and Microsoft to tackle leaks in the capital. Fido’s technology will be used to detect leaks beneath the ground in London, while the partnership with Microsoft will help to expand Fido’s coverage across the Thames Water network, giving visibility on an additional 350km of water pipe network.

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Looming copper crisis must spark connection rethink

Predicted copper shortage have led to calls for alternative, more efficient ways of hooking up renewable energy schemes to avoid project delays, soaring costs and generation shortages. Former Ofgem senior partner Maxine Frerk told Utility Week that the regulator needs to do more to drive down electrical leaks, while Dominic Quennell, CEO of Enertechnos, has called for the rollout of an alternative cabling system.

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Anglian begins phosphorous removal scheme

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Ofgem increases RO mutualisation thresholds

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British Gas quits Energy Switch Guarantee

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Government sets up Morocco interconnector team

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Defra lays out river monitoring plans

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Wales & West to use wastewater in hydrogen trial

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Eon apologises over switching failures

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£90m of boiler upgrade funding lost after not being spent

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Long-duration energy storage demos awarded £30m

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Ofwat expresses concern on long-term strategies

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Microbusinesses left saddled with debt they do not owe

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Record Cold Weather Payments 430 times more than forecast

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Boom in rapid EV chargepoint installations

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Octopus calls out hydrogen champion’s ‘misleading’ claims

A coalition of 20 organisations including Octopus Energy, E3G and the UK Green Building Council have called on the government to reject recommendations made by hydrogen champion Jane Toogood. The coalition has labelled Toogood’s report on hydrogen and heat electrification as “misleading” and warns that accepting her recommendations risks driving up consumer bills and could undermine the government’s targets on heat pumps.

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Centrica: DNOs are holding up EV and heat pump connections

DNOs are unable to deal with an increasing volume of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint and heat pump connection requests, according to Centrica. In particular, Centrica has raised concerns around “chronic capacity shortages”, lengthy response times to connection requests and charging inconsistencies.

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