Sky’s the limit for DSR revenues?
Is demand-side response an attractive proposition and are mission critical sites now coming on board?
Demand-side response is becoming more critical as a method to...
8GW of onshore wind and solar ‘eligible for upcoming CfD round’, say analysts
Respected energy soothsayers Cornwall Insight reckon that fattening pipelines of imminently delivered onshore wind and newly commissioned solar farms stand to add 8GW of...
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...
Why understanding the energy market is more important than ever
By Anthony Ainsworth, COO at npower Business Solutions
It is perhaps an understatement to say that the past few months have been volatile in the...
GridBeyond secures 271MW prequalified capacity for the Capacity Market
The Capacity Market Registers published on 29th November have confirmed that GridBeyond has prequalified 271 MW for the T-1 and 415 MW T-4 auctions...
Big growth planned for sustainable utility specialists
Utilities management experts, eyebright expect business revenue to more than double in the next three years. In the last 24 months, savings achieved by...
Stark contrasts…winter is still coming
By Serge Mazodila, lead trader of LG Energy Group
With a complacent mindset and a “steady as she goes” summer 2014 trading attitude, European energy...
Centrica to cut 3,000 jobs as utilities feel heat
Centrica will cut 3,000 jobs this year with 800 staff already gone as it aims to cut costs.
The UK's biggest energy company said it...
Wirral Council plans local energy company
Wirral Council looks set to become the next local authority to launch a municipal energy company. The Council's leader has backed the move and the...
New CEO at Drax as Dorothy Thompson steps down
Drax CEO Dorothy Thompson will step down at the year end. She will be succeeded by current chief financial officer Will Gardiner.
The company said Gardiner, who...
Centrica to cut 4,000 more jobs as headwinds strengthen
Centrica is to undertake another major round of cost cutting, planning to take £500m out of the business each year from now to 2020....
The power of God: Churches convert to renewable electricity
The Church of England’s procurement group, Parish Buying, is buying renewable electricity through Total Gas & Power.
Thousands of churches and cathedrals have now converted to...
Utilitywise calls in administrators
Utilitywise is in administration having failed to find a buyer or raised enough money to stay in business.
The company will immediately close its enterprise...
Earning a first: Universities sign £50m aggregated PPA
UK universities have earned what is believed to be a UK-first: an aggregated renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) across 20 education establishments worth £50m.
The...
Covid-19 and energy contracts: Making volume tolerance clauses interesting
Catalyst Commercial Services CEO, Chris Hurcombe, discusses Covid-19's impact on business energy contracts - and how volume tolerance clauses could prove costly, if enforced.
The...
Ofgem protects customers of failed supplier Yorkshire Energy
Yorkshire Energy Limited (also known as Daisy Energy) a gas and electricity supplier with around 74,000 domestic customers, and a small number of non-domestic...
Ban greenwashing, and make REGOs worth the paper they’re written on, Ofgem is urged
Energy retailing’s dirty, not-so-little secret has come under renewed scrutiny, with two prominent power providers uniting in a call to banish ‘greenwashing’.
In their joint...
CRISIS LATEST: BEIS mulls windfall tax for gas profiteers. Two suppliers quit. Analysts warn...
Turmoil in the prices paid for Britain’s wholesale and retail gas is likely to continue deep into 2022, a leading analysis firm predicted today,...
The Restaurant Group signs Green Gas contract with TotalEnergies Gas & Power as part...
The Restaurant Group (TRG), a significant player in the UK casual dining market, has entered into a Green Gas contract with TotalEnergies Gas &...
“Worst customer service on record” from energy suppliers, Citizens Advice finds
Standards of customer service delivered by energy suppliers have fallen to the worst in the six years since Citizens Advice began assessing them, the...