Green power surge: Britain’s cleanest power grid ever
A surge in renewable electricity has helped the UK achieve its cleanest power grid on record, with carbon emissions falling to an all-time quarterly...
Weather-Based Power Indices: Optimising renewable energy risk management in a changing climate
Power prices and Renewable production are difficult to project over months and years. New Power Quanto indices help coping with the capture price risk,...
Talking Power podcast launches – The state of the energy market and the journey...
Talking Power is a podcast series focused on the future of energy and decarbonisation from the perspective of UK businesses. Hosted by The Energyst’s...
Lightsource BP pre-funds Spanish solar farms, targetting SMEs with a grouped PPA
British-based international solar developer Lightsource BP is launching Europe’s first raft of multi-buyer power purchasing agreements (PPAs) serving small and medium sized firms.
Half-owned since...
Co-op primes 15 year divi from Yorkshire solar farm
Britain’s biggest co-operative society the Co-op has signed a 15 year power purchase deal to draw all the output from a Yorkshire solar farm.
The...
Ofgem lifts price cap 5% to £1,928, blames wholesale market instability
Britain’s energy regulator confirmed market expectations this morning by increasing the dual fuel price cap with effect from January to £1,928 per year for...
OEM sets True path to out-performing market in commercial energy buys
Energy purchasing advisor Open Energy Market says its clients outperformed the bulk of commercial energy users in 2023, achieving savings of 30.2% on electricity...
Teaching the fundamentals of a greener industrial future
The growing importance of reducing the environmental impact of industry needs new ways of maintaining industrial productivity whilst minimising carbon emissions. In this Q&A,...
Cutting out the carb(on)s: developer un-wastes energy at Derby low-carbon food cluster
Supported by waste-to-energy innovators Veolia, industrial estate developers SmartParc are lightening the carbon load by 30,000 tonnes a year for a revolutionary food-processing complex...
Cornwall: 15 more months of price cap pain
The Israel-Hamas conflict, strikes at an LNG conversion plant in Australia & disruptions to the Finnish Balticonnector are among causes set to keep predicted...
Elexon runs scheme to save PPM customers £40 per year
A programme calculated to save the average household feeding a pre-payment electricity meter (PPM) the princely sum of £40 per year has been launched...
Good Energy debuts hourly-based matching for business customers
In an industry first, low carbon power pioneer Good Energy is stepping up its anti-greenwash campaign, launching to its enterprise customers current time-matched to...
Three year payback on PV system serving Yorkshire hospice
A 73 kWp solar photovoltaic system installed on a Pontefract hospice is set to save £20,000 a year on energy bills, paying for itself...
Ofgem finds £1.3m to advance NG innovations
Three National Grid-led projects developing electricity transmission and distribution network innovations will continue their work after securing £1.3 million for the next stage of...
“Watershed for affordability“, as Ofgem’s P415 opens up wholesale power market to flex providers
Ofgem is seeking dramatically to increase the number of energy market participants offering flexibility services, as a route to balancing power supplies and getting...
SME-to-SME trades of clean solar power ‘cuts bills by up to 90%’ on Suffolk...
Over 140 companies on an industrial estate in Mildenhall, Suffolk, reckon their local market trading low carbon electricity is slashing bills by between 20%...
SP Energy Networks pals with Piclo to primp end-to-end flex
SP Energy Networks has signed a two-year amity deal with platform provider Piclo to enable flex services using its independent marketplace, allowing flex providers...
Nearly half of teens plan to skip uni & seize green job instead, E.on...
Forty-six percent of Britain’s young people aged 16 to 24 plan to forego traditional college or university education, and opt for immediate jobs in...
Ofgem exempts homes of under-2s and “unsupported” over-75s from prepayment meters
Forced installation of prepayment meters will from November 8 be banned in homes of solo consumers aged 75 or older, or containing children aged...
Shell Energy inks deal to help Norsk Hydro strip carbon from UK ops
Shell Energy has sealed a sales deal with industrial combine Norsk Hydro intended to strip carbon from the client's operations.
The three-year agreement will cover...