Beis launches direct air capture and other greenhouse gas removal technologies competition
In June 2020 the Prime Minister announced up to £100 million of new research and development funding to help develop direct air capture technologies...
Investor alliance calls for companies to ditch coal
Members of the 30-strong UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance have published their position on thermal coal, calling for the cancellation of all new thermal...
£134 million boost to help UK businesses build back greener
Businesses across the UK are set to benefit from £134 million investment, enabling ground-breaking clean growth projects, develop new technologies and secure new jobs.
Robots...
Ofgem issues three final orders for £15 million in unpaid Renewables Obligation and Feed-in...
Ofgem has issued three suppliers with final orders compelling them to pay £15 million in outstanding payments to comply with the Renewables Obligation (RO)...
Support to rebuild from Covid-19 ‘heavily’ weighted towards fossil fuels
A new report from technology company Wärtsilä reveals that UK and US stimulus packages announced for energy, as part of measures to rebuild from...
Ofgem suspends policy development on power trading liquidity
Ofgem has suspended new policy development on improving liquidity in traded power markets.
The regulator says that since market monitoring measures, aimed to improve liquidity were...
A big binary decision on hydrogen is not the approach we need
Focusing on “Net Zero by 2050” fundamentally misunderstands the problem of the Climate Crisis. While the destination is absolutely critical, it is the journey...
Need for a more flexible energy system highlighted by lockdown and conditions
An unusually low wind output coinciding with a number of generator outages means the cushion of spare capacity has been reduced said system operator...
Households and businesses set to benefit from biomethane boost
While there is much talk about hydrogen as a potential replacement for natural gas in the drive towards net zero emissions, green gas is...
Competition and Markets Authority set to rule against water regulator
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) looks set to rule against water regulator Ofwat following a challenge from water companies that feel its regulatory...
Ofgem calls for evidence on National Grid ESO’s performance
Ofgem seeks industry views on how the electricity system operator has performed in the first half of the year.
The regulator’s framework regularly seeks such...
Businesses urge government to incentivise net zero investment
Ahead of the long-awaited Energy White Paper and interim report of the Treasury’s Net Zero Review this Autumn, a new report has revealed that...
SSE chief tells Ofgem ‘there’s still time to save net zero’
SSE chief executive Alistair Phillips-Davies has penned an open letter to Ofgem urging it to rethink deep cuts to transmission company returns and "put...
SSE fined £2m over wholesale market inside information breaches
Ofgem has fined SSE £2.06m over wholesale market inside information breaches.
The fine relates to disclosure around a Black Start contract with National Grid. SSE...
Ovo cops bill for SSE’s missed smart meter targets
Ovo will pay £1.2m in redress after SSE Energy Services failed to meet its smart meter installation target for 2019.
Ovo acquired the SSE’s domestic...
Flexitricity founder on what National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios are really saying
Back in 2016, New Power carried this headline: “Ofgem tells National Grid: ‘We are not “Going Green”’.” That regulatory smackdown of National Grid’s annual...
Carbon capture and storage: Don’t just focus on clusters, industry urged
Policymakers and proponents of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a means of decarbonising industry need to come up with a comprehensive plan, and...
Lack of Hydrogen strategy holding back net-zero Britain
In a letter to Business Secretary Alok Sharma, Philip Dunne MP, Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has stated that the lack of...
Hydrogen focus could boost offshore wind
Analysing National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES), published last week, Cornwall Insight has evaluated the relationship between electricity demand to produce hydrogen and installed...
Ofgem sets out plans to protect small businesses, but stops short of regulating brokers
Ofgem is today expected to set out plans to give the UK’s smallest businesses better protection from miss-selling and profiteering by energy brokers.
The regulator,...