Steel city forges plan to swap gas for green hydrogen
Switching Sheffield’s world-renowned steel forges from gas to locally produced green hydrogen could cut CO2 emissions by as much as 40%, a government-funded study...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Shelling out, Kraken’ on: Octopus buys Shell Energy UK & Germany
Octopus Energy Group today won a bidding contest to buy Shell Energy in the UK and Germany, taking on two million new home energy...
Coutinho debuts as Energy Secretary, while Shapps ascends to Defence
Debutant Cabinet member Claire Coutinho MP was this morning appointed Britain’s new Energy Secretary of State, as Grant Shapps was promoted to replace Ben...
NIMBYs – zombies or creatures of myth? Copper finds resistance to green power may...
Energy NIMBYs – objectors to green power projects close to homes and rural resources – may be far less numerous than developers fear and...
Price cap drops to £1,923 from October: Bills still £200 higher than pre-Covid
Ofgem has confirmed its dual fuel retail price cap for average domestic bills will drop below £2,000 in 2023’s final quarter, even though large...
Britain backs nuclear fuel supply for Ukraine, as Shapps visits Kyiv
Energy security secretary Grant Shapps met officials in Kyiv yesterday, in a show of support for Ukraine's power industry.
Shapps confirmed to energy bosses British...
DNO backs Ofgem’s call for suppliers to offer compulsory 24/7 service support
A major distributed network operator (DNO) has backed Ofgem in its call on licenced suppliers to extend support for billpayers out of usual working...
“Hold to Net Zero, to preserve UK’s £1 trillion opportunity”; ADE to Sunak
Prime minister Rishi Sunak must maintain the Conservatives’ pledges to decarbonise energy by 2035 and eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, a trade association urges...
Energy groups welcome government’s biomass strategy
Seven trade groups representing suppliers & customers of biomass-based heat & power have welcomed the government’s plans to speed up Britain’s adoption of biomass...
Tory voters “support by 71 to 6” green upgrades to strip UK grids of...
Nearly two-thirds of all Britons - or 64% - support the development of new greening improvements to Britain's electricity grids, designed to speed decarbonisation...
Winser points way to halving connection delays to “mere” seven years
Paying communities & homeowners to accept new power lines, could follow from a radical shake-up released today, intended to free up Britain’s chronically congested...
Sunak “deaf to science” on N Sea licences, so scientists write again
Rishi Sunak twice ignored warnings from nearly 700 leading climate scientists when he approved on Monday “over a hundred” new extraction licences benefitting oil...
Britain “risks lagging rivals for inward renewables investment”: EnergyUK report
The Sunak government’s mixed messaging around energy policy risks Britain being surpassed this decade as a destination for renewables investment, a report published by...
Green rage greets Sunak’s “maxing out” of N Sea oil
Fury from environmental and green energy groups greeted prime minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement today that the government will press ahead in defiance of its...
Ofgem’s reform broom: “sharp practice” curbs on business supply, capital thresholds for home retailers
Britain’s energy regulator today introduced its widest-ever raft of reforms in heat and power supply, aiming to lift standards of customer service, curbing sharp...