UK Power Reserve chief ‘100 per cent certain’ Ofgem faces Judicial Review over Triad...
UK Power Reserve chief executive Tim Emrich is “100 per cent certain” that Ofgem’s plan to slash Triad export payments will be contested via...
£16m fund opens for energy robotics and artificial intelligence developers
Funding for energy-related artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics developers under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund is now open.
£16m in total is available in two rounds for...
Clark stays at Beis, Gove replaces Leadsom at Defra
Greg Clark will remain as business and energy secretary following the weekend reshuffle. Minister Nick Hurd heads to the Home Office and will be...
Put ‘troubled’ smart meters programme on hold, urges Institute of Directors
The Institute of Directors has called for the next government to put the smart meters programme on hold to avoid "mushrooming" costs.
"The programme has...
Eon calls for energy efficiency push, fair policy for decentralised power, and harder line...
Eon has called for energy efficiency to be placed at the heart of UK energy policy.
The utility this week also pleaded with policymakers not...
May moots industrial energy efficiency scheme, price caps for small firms and more battery...
The Conservatives, if in power after 8 June, will consult on extending a proposed price cap on domestic energy prices to very small businesses....
Half of small generators ‘could give up capacity market contracts’ due to Triad cuts
Up to half of small generators with capacity market contracts for delivery in winter 2018/19 and 2019/20 could give them up due to steep...
Smart meter rollout nears 6m installs, 47m to go by 2020?
The number of domestic smart meters and non-domestic advanced meters installed has hit 5.87m according to latest government data. Suppliers have been tasked with installing around...
Greg Clark calls for carmakers and energy industry to deliver battery storage
Greg Clark has encouraged closer collaboration between the energy industry and car manufacturers to better decarbonise both energy and transport. The secretary of state...
Ofgem publishes research data behind proposed Triad cuts, extends consultation deadline
Ofgem has published extra data and modelling that helped inform its 'minded to' position on cutting Triad payments to small generators by around 95%....
Decarbonisation cost ‘minimal’ for most firms, says Climate Change Committee, but set to double
The cost of low carbon policies for most commercial and industrial companies is currently a fraction of one percent of operating costs, according to detailed analysis...
Government sets geothermal power subsidy at £140 per megawatt hour
Geothermal power developers will be able to bid for government support in the next round of contracts for difference (CfDs), which are designed to...
BEIS publishes long awaited biomass report
The department for business, energy & industrial strategy (BEIS) published a long awaited report on biomass on the same day as the spring budget.
The...
Budget: Hammond moots new carbon tax regime from 2021 and new renewables cost controls
The chancellor of the exchequer's Spring budget revealed little detail on the future of key energy sector policies.
Described by critics as an "empty" budget,...
If BEIS or Ofgem did one thing in 2017…
The Energyst recently surveyed directors, senior managers and consultants for the 2017 Directors' Report, asking participants to suggest one action for government or regulator to...
Ofgem outlines deep cuts to small generators’ Triad payments
Ofgem is set to implement deep cuts to the revenues earned by small power generators. The regulator plans to reduce the Triad benefit, currently...
Lords: Security of supply trumps decarbonisation
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee has urged energy policymakers to focus on security of supply over decarbonisation.
"The overarching aim of energy policy must...
Money for nothing? Capacity market clears at £5-£10/kW
The early capacity market has cleared well below market expectations, at £5-£10/kW. The exact amount paid to generators to ensure security of power supply...
Capacity breach: Public leisure facilities ‘shutting down’ due to energy policy costs
Public sports and leisure facilities are struggling to cope with spiralling energy bills and risk closure due to increasing policy costs, a representative of...
National Grid to roll system operator business into separate company
The UK system operator role is set to be rolled into a separate company within National Grid Group - and may yet be made...