Smart meters trial ‘helps homes slash average 49% from bills’, says optimisation supplier
A two-year, small-scale smart meter trial backed by Beis points to potential for solar- and battery-equipped homes to slash their bills almost in half,...
Vodafone’s 5G pilot to deliver flex signals across UKPN’s substations
An Ofgem-funded pilot now in development by mobile telco Vodafone and UK Power Networks aims to explore 5G telecommunications technology as a platform for...
Oil giant BP buys Open Energi, flexes deeper into electricity trading
BP corralled yet another clean electricity innovator into its kraal today, paying an undisclosed sum to acquire flex and DSR provider Open Energi.
Open Energi...
Brand-loyal power customers should be rewarded, not exploited, Kwarteng proposes
Loyal energy users penalised by suppliers who hook them into expensive default tariffs could be the exception, and not the UK norm, if success...
Centrica on recovery trail, as O’Shea steadies ship
Britain’s biggest energy business continued its recovery from a challenging couple of years. In half year financials released today, Centrica stressed simplification, rationalisation and...
BEIS & Ofgem unveil blueprints on energy digitalisation, flex and smart systems
Future rules governing the most radical re-shaping ever of Britain’s energy systems are outlined in Whitehall proposals just released.
Emerging out of directions set in...
National Grid-ESO to be replaced by ‘more independent’ operator of Britain’s grid
Critics of the National Grid’s ambivalent ‘running with the fox, while hunting with the hounds’ status were vindicated today, as Beis ministers floated their...
Shell shells out for flex trades from Europe’s first centurion battery
Doubling up storage capacity in a Wiltshire village to make Europe’s first 100 MW battery storage system is about to pay off, Shell Energy...
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Another massive earthquake slashes 30% off power from China’s No.2 and No.3...
A reported 30% plummet in electricity output at two sister dams to China’s Three Gorges complex– at 22.6GW, the world’s biggest power plant of...
Football’s over-coming ohms: Western Power peaks for Denmark game
Engineers’ chatter about power peaks at half time during big televised sports events consists of irresistible fact, as much as cherished fiction. Better still,...
Investors GLIL pledge £150m to ion Ventures for big batteries
International clean tech developer ion Ventures has accepted up to £150 million for committing its UK energy projects to a partnership with GLIL Infrastructure...
Activists claim growing council & NGO support for Local Supply right
Campaigners seeking to free Britain’s local co-ops to sell low-carbon electricity direct to their communities today vowed to keep up the fight, citing numbers...
Parliament calls for major energy rules shake up
MPs from all parties have debated new rules to enable clean community energy generation and called upon the government to enact a ‘Right to...
Merkel interconnects with Johnson: terminal link sees positive potential
Angela Merkel’s parting gesture to the UK as Chancellor looks to be approving with the Johnson administration the first direct power link between Germany...
Acute hospital Trust’s lighting optimisation will save around £400k per annum and deliver a...
As part of the £4 million energy performance contract with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), Veolia has now upgraded lighting at Lincoln County...
Three more DNOs name their numbers to meet RIIO-ED2 grid upgrades
Accompanying SSEN’s five-year grid expansion plans unveiled yesterday, three additional DNOs have published their draft submissions to Ofgem.
Western Power Distribution trumps SSEN’s...
Scottish & Southern’s DNO promises £4.8 billion by 2028 towards Net Zero
Distributor and transmission operator SSEN today pledged £4.8 Billion of grid improvements by 2028, to prep its networks for bi-directionality, flex and Net Zero.
Connecting...
CrowdFlex pilot to assess flex upside across 25,000 homes. Meanwhile, Pure Planet goes Tribe-all
Britain’s biggest ever study of managing home power flexibility debuts next month, instigated by leading energy super-brands.
Covering upwards of 25,000 homes, the CrowdFlex experiment...
Green Lithium secures £1.6 million in Seed round funding
Green Lithium, the mineral processing company, has secured £1.6 million in Seed round funding as it progresses plans to build and operate the UK’s...
The good, the bad and Orbit: Citizens Advice ranks 35 power suppliers to UK...
A “huge chasm” may be opening in customer service levels between the best and worst of electricity retailers to Britain’s homes, Citizens Advice’s latest...