Kwarteng to ‘refresh’ Energy Retail Market Strategy
Hard on the heels of Ofgem’s financial stress tests taking effect next month on UK retailers, the government has said it will review its...
Suppliers’ finances stress-tested from January, as Ofgem reacts to 2021’s slaughter
Energy retailers surviving this year’s cull of 26 suppliers to date must from January prove their financial strength to Ofgem's scrutineers, under today’s toughening...
Energy activists supply premium clothing brand
Energy Garden, a network of community energy projects in London, from next month will supply renewable electricity to two outlets of Patagonia, the upmarket...
Begorrah and be-Bezos! Amazon to off-take Ørsted’s wind power from Ulster turbines
A yet-to-be-built 16 MW wind farm at Ballykeel, Northern Ireland saw its business case gold-plated today, as developer Ørsted pledged to sell the planned...
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...
Six Highlands hydro dams sold for £26.6 million
A total of 4.1 MW of hydro capacity across six Highland dams at least five years into their working lives changed ownership today, guaranteeing...
Investors’ sun splash for solar, as Octopus, Atrato and NESF flare big cash
Amid finally nippy autumnal weather, solar electricity in the UK today basked under the cool, clear skies of a continuing investment boom.
As UK solar...
Speedster SSE accelerates Net Zero programme, commits £ 12.5 billion by 2026
Generator-retailer SSE pressed its pedal heavily to the environmental metal today, committing £12.5 billion from identified resources by 2026, on the way to attaining...
Crisis latest: Wholesale gas & electricity prices trend upwards, as Social Energy Supply &...
Pressure on wholesale gas and electricity prices intensified this week, as two more exiting licensees brought this year's toll of failed UK power suppliers...
Orbit Energy heads Ofgem’s hunt for unpaid FiT levies
Ofgem has issued five suppliers with provisional orders compelling them to pay a total of £575,000 now for Feed-in Tariff (FiT) payments outstanding since...
MAST’s 9 MW Derbyshire back-up plant now serving Statkraft
Reserve power operator MAST Energy Developments has greenlit its first UK plant, the 9 MW gas-fired generator at Pyebridge, near Alfreton, Derbyshire, ready to...
Green hydrogen “cheaper now than grey” say analysts, as Getech eyes Shoreham as H2...
Soaring gas prices have rendered green hydrogen cheaper now in the UK than its grey, methane-based sister, analysts have claimed.
London-based consultancy ICIS calculate that...
Shell moves single HQ to London, drops ‘Royal Dutch’
Fossil fuel supermajor Shell today announced proposals for its slimmed down structure, including a single headquarters and tax residence in Britain.
Subject to approval sought...
Windel and Canadian Solar eye a further 1.5 GW of UK battery projects
For the second time in less than a year, British renewables developer Windel Energy and integrated module manufacturer Canadian Solar have teamed up to...
Holyrood consults on green H2, as bank warns world “50% short of electrolyser capacity...
The world will fall short by as much as half in the electrolyser capacity it needs to meet by 2030 the planet's green hydrogen...
Construction firm Multiplex to build own UK solar farm for dedicated PPA
International green building contractor Multiplex today pledged itself to the building of a new 15 MWp UK solar farm, as part of its plan...
National Grid ESO to digitise Britain’s energy system and advance the transition to net...
National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has launched, in what it claims is a world-first, a programme to build a digital replica of the...
Ofgem to consult in November on Price Cap reform
Britain’s energy regulator will consult in November on reform to the Price Cap mechanism regulating energy sales to 15 million UK domestic consumers.
Ofgem wrote...
MA Energy defaults from Balancing & Settlement Code
London-based business power retailer MA Energy has reportedly defaulted out of Elexon’s Balancing & Settlement Code, meaning it cannot take on further customers.
Elexon’s removal...
“Scrap the price cap”, urges Scottish Power’s boss
The boss of a major UK energy generator-retailer has called for the scrapping of Ofgem’s price cap on domestic power bills.
Interviewed by the BBC,...