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...
BP chief Looney quits overnight
Bernard Looney, chief executive of BP since 2020, stepped down last night from the £10 million per year post, after confessing to inadequate candour...
Reading FC installs InstaVolt rapid EV chargers
Reading Football Club has activated eight ultra-rapid EV chargers from InstaVolt at its Select Car Leasing Stadium.
The ultra-rapid EV charging hub, which is located...
EDF to invest £4.5bn this year in UK low carbon electricity
Nuclear-to-solar-to-wind generator EDF Energy says it is on track to develop £4.5billion-worth of low carbon electricity-making assets in the UK this year.
In its 2023...
UK’s offshore wind botch should warn other governments; industry group
The failure of the UK government’s latest round of offshore wind auctions must be a watershed moment for the offshore wind industry around the...
Raw installs EV Chargers at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa
Raw Charging has activated new EV chargers at Pennyhill Park Hotel and Spa, the site where the England rugby team train.
The facility in Bagshot,...
“Oy, oy, Reg!” It’s always sunny in south Essex, hopes Veolia
Waste management contractor Veolia has sparked up what it claims is Britain’s biggest solar farm yet to be built on a restored landfill dump.
The...
Aquind directors’ past re-emerges, as Portmouth deal confirmed
Campaigners fear a deal made this week by Portsmouth City Council is reviving plans from a development firm linked to a prominent Conservative donor...
Offshore wind chiefs slam government’s AR5 auction failure
Developers leading the expansion of Britain’s offshore wind farms united this morning in dismay at today’s botched reverse auctions designed to boost necessary new...
DAF LF Electric for Reynolds Catering
The 19-tonne GVW LF Electric is powered by an electric motor developing 250kW nominal power and nominal torque of 1,200Nm. DAF’s latest cobalt- and...
Norfolk’s Stowen Group awarded contract for East Anglia Hub
Windfarm construction projects in ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia Hub are set to deliver a further jobs and investment boost for the region, after the...
Brum, brum: Birmingham colleges gets £1.2m to spark up new automotive battery skills
A £1.2 million grant from public sector tech angels Innovate UK has left University College Birmingham leading a West Midlands partnership, aimed at delivering...
Welch’s gets Renault Trucks electric HGV
Cambridgeshire-based family business, Welch’s Transport, has taken delivery of a Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide 4x2 curtainside rigid, the first fully electric HGV on...
Sunak’s failure to shadow US IRA “could cost UK £224 billion by 2050”: Aldersgate
The Sunak government's inadequate commitments to strip heavy carbon pollution out of UK industry along the lines of President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act...
Mark McAllister favoured by government as next Ofgem chair
The government today named Mark McAllister, Britain’s top nuclear regulator, as its candidate to be the next chair of Ofgem.
McAllister currently heads the Office...
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...
Ministers walk Tory tightrope over new wind farms in England
England’s onshore wind developers were today preparing a tentative celebration of the Conservative government finally enacting, twelve months after they promised it, a reversal...
Wave hello: Scots marine pioneers find Blue Horizon under water
Wave energy pioneers Mocean Energy have secured over £3 million in EU funding to develop and deploy a 250kW wave machine in Orkney.
The large-scale...
Osprey opens rapid EV charging site in Barnsley
Osprey Charging has installed three high-powered EV chargers at the Wombwell Lane Retail Park in Barnsley, designed to be used by local residents, businesses...
Wandsworth increases EV charging infrastructure
Wandsworth Council has begun the rollout of 525 new 5kW lamppost EV charging points across the borough with power supply coming from zero carbon...