WPD sells smart metering business to its 15-year partner
Britain’s biggest DNO has sold off its smart metering division to facilities provider Stark for an undisclosed sum. The deal rationalises the pair’s 15...
Join the Debate: The Energy Crunch and the Business Confidence Crisis
Since September 2021, there has been unprecedented volatility in the wholesale energy market, which is having a major impact on businesses - many of whom...
Clearworld partner with Centrica Business Solutions to support businesses on their Net Zero Journey
Clearworld provide a fully integrated approach to implementing energy efficiency solutions, supporting organisations reduce the impact of rising charges to help realise the operational, environmental,...
Yü Group creates Metering Services Division
Magnum Utilities installs smart meters and EV charging points across the UK and provides a range of complementary services, including smart meter maintenance, revenue...
Thanks a thousand: WPD trials ‘kilo-quick’ fault limiter on CHP campus
Britain’s biggest DNO Western Power Distribution is trialling a new hyper-fast current breaker, assessing its potential to play a crucial role in evolving bi-directional...
Gillian Williamson, first female engineering director at any DNO, takes up role
Electricity North West has made history by appointing Britain's first female engineering director at a distribution network operator.
Gillian Williamson, a chartered engineer, has made...
Want long duration grid-focused batteries? Then put a Cap and Floor on balancing, Aurora...
Radical reforms to power trading rules are needed, if Britain is to achieve necessary expansion of long-duration power storage on route to Net Zero...
“Breakthrough moment” sees renewables allowed for first time to balance UK grid
Britain’s renewable power generators have this week been authorised to provide balancing and stability services to the nation’s grid, in a claimed ‘game-changing’ world’s...
Smart meter data in the palm of your hand – Hugo Energy App Review
The Hugo energy app put the insights from a smart meter into the palm of your hand. Moreover, it provides graphical data of electricity...
Europe’s leakiest homes: new study shames Britain, fails to plug gaps
New research has confirmed the oft-repeated belief that the UK’s is among Europe’s coldest, oldest, and leakiest housing stock.
On a day signalling how nearly...
NG-ESO’s Networks Options Assessment: SSEN happy, preps three Peterhead pipes
SSEN Transmission, the network owner serving Scotland’s north, has today welcomed the National Grid’s greenlight to pump £5 billion into the region’s distribution wires.
National...
Hoval’s UltraGas 2 is ‘hydrogen-ready’
The UltraGas 2 range, Hoval’s latest generation of gas condensing boilers, offers the option of using hydrogen as an alternative fuel to natural gas...
D-BEIS nixes Russian oligarchs’ 2 GW cross-Channel interconnector
Britain’s energy ministry has rejected a £1.2 billion plan by a major donor to the Conservative Party to build a 2GW power interconnector from...
The hidden cost of data
Data underpins every aspect of modern life, with more information generated now than ever before. Keeping data centres cool is crucial for their safe...
ENA oversees flexibility & collaboration in 2022’s Open Networks programme
Britain’s energy networks have unveiled ambitious plans for 2022 to transform the way the UK’s energy networks operate through its industry-backed Open Networks programme.
Marshalled...
Smart meters: Britain tops 17 million, saves half million tonnes of CO2 each year
The UK’s installed base of smart, remotely addressable meters passed the 17 million milestone in 2021, overseers at the Data Communications Company (DCC) announced...
Thames twizzles hundred million turkeys on 2021’s biogas
Thames Water claims to have generated enough biogas from sewage this year to roast 112 million Christmas turkeys.
The UK’s largest water company created almost 140 million...
Two DNOs pledge £10 Billion for RIIO-ED2 upgrades, as Ofgem fines Western Link duo...
Two distributed network operators (DNOs) including Britain’s biggest WPD today passed to Ofgem final plans totalling more than £ 10 billion for network upgrades...
Unknown pleasures: Solid-oxide generation yields low-carbon electrochemical volts for North West firms
An independent arm of DNO Electricity North West today announced collaboration plans with US partners to bring innovative behind-the-meter (BtM) generation to the region's...
Swifter action needed to speed up the introduction of hydrogen for home heating
The managing director of Baxi UK & Ireland has called for swifter measures to speed up the introduction of hydrogen in order to decarbonise...