London’s Mayor & Arup announce “Roofs Designed to Cool” plan to fend off heat
A big expansion of solar panels in Britain’s capital city, with buildings retrofitted to reflect summer heat, are the centrepiece of a study by...
Atlas Copco innovates in construction and maintenance of critical energy infrastructure
A new Smart Tensioning System (STS) has been launched by Atlas Copco. Designed to further improve safety whilst reducing overall processing time by as...
Octopus and L&G pay a UK-best £70 million for stake in ground heat pump...
Octopus Energy’s generation arm is boosting Britain’s heat pump rollout by investing £70 million in Kensa Group, the country’s leading manufacturer and installer of...
Avoid complexity in your new gas connection
In gas connection and metering, even relatively simple projects involve a variety of skills and processes, requiring a range of expertise and resources. For...
Net zero heating – why are we only talking about heat pumps?
With net zero targets looming larger in the rear view mirror, air source heat pumps have been lauded as the main alternative to gas...
Heat network operators Gren buy in for UK debut
Baltic-based heat network operator Gren is entering the UK market, buying eleven energy assets including CHP stations from investment managers & developers Equitix.
Seven UK...
Smart meter roll out ‘will struggle to meet 2025 deadline’:  Cornwall Insight
The government’s goal of achieving a smart meter in every British home by 2025 is looking harder to achieve, according to new polling of...
North Sea majors strengthen bond in quest of Viking carbon mega-sink
Two of the North Sea’s most experienced hydrocarbon companies committed today to co-develop Viking CCS, the Viking former gas field’s dedicated carbon capture &...
Penso gets planners’ approval for 100 MW/250 MWh battery near Reading
Grid-scale storage pioneers Penso Power have won their 18-month appeal to build a 100MW-rated battery facility in rural Hampshire.
Accommodated close to Bramley, 12 miles...
Tripling electricity demand by 2050 means re-thinking connectivity, says Vattenfall
Demand for grid connections will accelerate even beyond today’s constrictions, as mass electrification of heat and transport drives a possible tripling of UK power...
The UK’s leading gas-meter-equipment manager has big plans for a net-zero future
As the country’s largest manager of gas-meter equipment and a provider of the full range of gas connection services, National Gas Metering plays a...
‘Virtual household’ offers consumers energy saving advice worth £100s
Against the backdrop of the ongoing cost of living crisis, the Energy Institute and MoneySavingExpert have today joined forces to help the public reduce...
Unlock the benefits of an energy efficient home: Expert tips for saving money and...
Making your home energy efficient is one of the best investments you can make in your home. Not only will you save money on...
Boost UK productivity? Get suppliers – including utilities – to stop wasting employees’ time
Abysmally managed customer service, including that offered by power & utilities suppliers, imposes productivity losses of £11.4 billion every month on Britain’s economy, a...
Schneider Electric deepens its relationship with Warburtons
Schneider Electric, today announced a multi-year extension to its technological partnership with Warburtons to improve production at six of its manufacturing sites across the...
Veolia exceeds target savings for first Carbon Energy Fund contract in IrelandÂ
Veolia has exceeded the target savings for Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae University Hospital following the first year of operations. The results, including an additional €44k...
Energy companies warn of potential blackouts
Just when it seemed the energy crisis couldn’t get any worse, energy companies have now announced that there could be potential blackouts on the...
Infrastructure Bank offers councils £4 billion for heat networks, as D-BEIS warms three towns’...
More than £30 million from public funds is set to benefit heat networks in Hull, Peterborough & Wigan.
Projects in the first two cities are...
Pure hydrogen commercial boiler used in industrial scale demonstration
In what is claimed to be a first, Baxi and H2GO Power have today announced an industrial scale demonstration to deliver their unique carbon...
Teachers strike in Scotland, eh?: Canucks pile on to a quarter of SSE’s pylons
Snowy-booted visitors from northern America today descended once again on the snowy-booted electricity engineers of north Britain, as a big Canadian public-sector pension fund...