Coutinho:Â New unabated gas ‘needed beyond 2030’; REMA needs local pricing
Energy secretary Clare Coutinho today pledged to build new CCGT power stations as replacements for ageing gas generators. The new plant, Coutinho accepts, is...
End of double charging for battery storage: What are the implications?
After Ofgem approved changes to end the issue of ‘double-charging’ for energy storage installations, Smartest Energy head of pricing, Tom Putney, explains the scenario...
Dutch ads watchdog bites into Shell’s ‘carbon offsets’ campaign
The Netherlands’ regulatory body for advertising has asked Royal Dutch Shell to withdraw its consumer promotion promising ‘carbon neutrality’ to drivers who pay extra...
WPD fined £14.9 million for neglecting protection of vulnerable customers
Britain’s biggest regional net operator Western Power Distribution has been fined £14.9 million for neglecting its duties in protecting vulnerable customers on its Priority...
Regulators should classify excess CO2 as noxious to force faster progress on emissions
Scott Lane, the CEO and founder of Speeki, a full-service ESG and sustainability reporting and management partner to large multinationals, is calling on regulators...
Octopus’ KrakenFlex stretches leg into Hydro REIN tie-up
KrakenFlex, Octopus Energy’s flexibility platform driving its international expansion into support services, has struck a deal in Canada, likely to run on into three...
Largest landmark collective action filed against Dutch energy suppliers
The Consumer Justice Foundation (CJF) has filed a writ of summons with the Amsterdam District Court against all ten major Dutch energy suppliers, seeking...
Boost for UK CCS
DECC has announced the award of a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) study for the Peterhead Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project on a...
CMA formally approves National Grid’s purchase of WPDÂ
National Grid’s £7.8 billion acquisition of Britain’s largest electricity distribution business has won formal approval from the competition watchdog.
The Competition and Markets Authority announced...
The Energyst – Latest issue out now
The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App.
The Energyst is now published monthly,...
Gillian Williamson, first female engineering director at any DNO, takes up role
Electricity North West has made history by appointing Britain's first female engineering director at a distribution network operator.
Gillian Williamson, a chartered engineer, has made...
Bridging the Gap: Why the UK Needs a ‘Green Visa’ for the Renewable Energy...
The renewable sector is facing a labour crisis. The recent report by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) highlights that 81% of engineering...
Octopus seeks Suomi wind and solar amid Northern lights
Fast-growing green power investor Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) is deepening its commitment to Finland.
Founded in 2010, the trust boasts generation assets across Europe...
Johnson’s hydrogen plan loses puff, as key advisor quits over blue H2’s ‘expensive distraction’
The government’s widely criticised plan to switch Britain to low-carbon hydrogen received another blow today, as news broke a leading industry figure has quit...
Earth Day survey: Brits lag on boiler swapping, lukewarm on green carry-through
British consumers are second only to the Japanese in our aversion to stripping out old carbon-emitting boilers and heating systems.
Only 28% of us are...
EDF’s 12% hike leads suppliers’ response to Ofgem lifting price cap
EDF has leapt first at the starting gun fired for energy retailers two weeks ago, when Ofgem lifted its cap on regulated home tariffs..
The...
Schtum on prices, Centrica boss says UK gas supplies ‘unaffected’ by Putin’s Ukraine attack
British Gas’ eleven million consumers will face no interruption to gas supply after Vladimir Putin unleashed his duplicitous attack today on democratic Ukraine, Centrica’s...
300 MPs back local sales of co-ops’ power, want to bid ‘Do Zvidanya’ to...
Campaigners seeking rights for Britain’s 400-plus power co-operatives to sell clean electricity locally this week hailed a milestone on their road to victory.
Power for...
D-BEIS primes first wave of LDES projects with £6.7 million
Two dozen hopeful ventures in energy storage are to benefit from competition prizes worth £6.7 million.
Energy ministry D-BEIS confirmed the wins yesterday across competing...
Government doubles up on CfD auctions, as Kwarteng presses pedal to the metal
Joy has broken out in Britain’s renewables sector, in reaction to D-BEIS committing yesterday to double its frequency of Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions...