BEIS & Ofgem unveil blueprints on energy digitalisation, flex and smart systems
Future rules governing the most radical re-shaping ever of Britain’s energy systems are outlined in Whitehall proposals just released.
Emerging out of directions set in...
Merchant finance alone ‘unlikely to spark new capacity’, Cornwall Insight finds
Merchant finance on its own for green generation projects is very far from being a sure bet to boost capacity, researchers at Cornwall Insight...
London Mayor and Solar Energy UK back installer training with £300 grants
Trade body Solar Energy UK and London’s Mayor have launched a grant scheme to boost installation skills.
The scheme forms part of Solar Skills: London,...
“Blow the wind Scottish-ly”: BP, EnBW, Shell, Scottish Power all at North Sea over...
Energy giants spanning oil, nuclear and power transmission are pledging upwards of £10 billion to spin floating and fixed wind turbines off Scotland’s east...
Good Energy rejects third Ecotricity bid, this time £56 million in cash
The takeover battle between Britain’s two oldest established, pure-play integrated renewables generator-retailers intensified today, as Good Energy’s board announced it had unanimously rejected a...
‘Whan tha jobs coom in’: Beis gets more CFD powers, as 1,000 wind jobs...
Two big pledges to British-based manufacturing for offshore wind turbines this week boosted the sector’s skilled jobs. Meanwhile the Treasury and Beis are beefing...
Activists claim growing council & NGO support for Local Supply right
Campaigners seeking to free Britain’s local co-ops to sell low-carbon electricity direct to their communities today vowed to keep up the fight, citing numbers...
Parliament calls for major energy rules shake up
MPs from all parties have debated new rules to enable clean community energy generation and called upon the government to enact a ‘Right to...
‘Stick it up top, my son’: Mitie goes gang-busters with Essex schools’ solar
Facilities managers Mitie are showing ‘the only way is solar’ on the public buildings of an unfairly belittled county. (The Energyst declares a native...
Octopus buys Octopus: Sixteen legs good, eight legs better, FCA agrees
Power supplier Octopus Energy today confirmed a green light from the Financial Conduct Authority has freed it formally to acquire its older sister, the...
It’s a long wind from Tipperary: Vestas to supply Ørsted’s onshore debut in Ireland
Turbine-maker Vestas today said it has secured a 29MW order from Ørsted for the Danes’ Lisheen 3 project in County Tipperary, central southern Ireland.
The...
Green engineers SIMEC Atlantis trim losses from 1GW multi-tech portfolio
Globe-spanning engineering mavericks SIMEC Atlantis are steadying their 1GW-plus multi-technology raft of clean generation in choppy waters, trimming operating losses and strengthening supply bonds with...
Big corporates buy ‘more clean power than UK’s entire generation’
Green-minded electricity buyers for the world’s 100 most environmentally conscious firms together purchase for the first time more clean electricity than Britain’s entire annual...
UK’s first green CHP offering: launch of new ‘transition’ technology for companies on net...
Launched this week, is an alternative to traditional CHP systems developed by EuroSite Power.
The company’s Green CHP offering, which is powered by certified biomethane...
Good Energy shreds Bulb over REGOs, claims no nukes needed for Net Zero
Bamboozling consumers with green-washed tariffs, energy’s lingering reputational wound, has seen another onslaught, with Good Energy, defender of pure power standards, alleging sharp practice...
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,...
Aksiom and Ara Partners acquire Anesco
Aksiom Services Group, a partnership between Ara Partners and the Aksiom Group, has acquired Anesco Holdings, the parent company of the Anesco Group, for...
‘Blow harder for Net Zero and deliver 108GW wind by 2035’, Imperial tells Johnson
The Conservatives’ aspiration to deliver 40GW of offshore turbines by the end of the decade lacks puff in its intended decarbonisation of the UK...
‘Green power’ REGO certificates rise 50% in price since January, Cornwall Insight finds
Demand from big corporate power buyers has pushed prices of REGO certificates up by a half in less than four months, the latest ‘Green...
Six solar co-ops feed cash back into communities, thanks to CORE
A multi-party finance innovator set up to foster England and Wales’s solar co-operatives has fed over £250,000 back into six communities.
Charitable trust Power to...