EirGrid and the transmission system operator (TSO) in Northern Ireland (SONI) are set to demerge, on instruction from Northern Ireland’s Utility Regular. The Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland issued a decision in August 2022 regarding SONI governance and it became…

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The London Borough of Brent has published plans for a £30 million district heat network in South Kilburn. The network will include the supply of heat to a mixture of council owned, private and public customers. The heat network is…

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InterGen’s owners Sev.En Energy and China Huaneng Group/Guangdong Energy Group have sold InterGen and its UK operations to Creditas Group. InterGen operates around 2,800MW in the UK, with three combined cycle gas turbine plants in Coryton (Essex), Spalding (Lincolnshire) and…

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Ofgem has opened its tenth tender round for offshore transmission owner (OFTO) licences. The tender to own and operate the links between Dogger Bank A Phase 1, Moray West and Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farms to the onshore network.…

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England and Wales’ water regulator Ofwat is inviting the energy sector and other innovators to take part in the Water Discovery Challenge, a £4 million open-access competition. The water regulator says it wants “innovators with bold and ingenious ideas that…

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Energisation of a new 20MW/40MWh battery at Farnham has been delayed by several weeks because the local distribution network operator (DNO) cannot allow for the grid outage necessary to make the connection in the current high energy demand environment, according…

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Network Rail has begun a market engagement exercise with a view to installing rooftop solar PV on its buildings in Scotland. Network Rail operates, maintains and develops Britain’s rail infrastructure. It is one of the UK’s largest purchasers of electricity,…

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The Welsh Affairs Select Committee has welcomed an acknowledgement from the UK Government that a ‘step change’ is needed to relieve pressure on the Welsh electricity network – but said it was disappointed over the action to be taken. The…

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The ASA has upheld complaints that four separate companies had wrongly advertised that their portable heaters could save consumers money on their heating bills. Ecomm Movadgency SL’s Heater Pro X, Ecom7 Ltd’s Heater Pro, Keilini Technology lnternational’s Kelini Portable Heater…

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A High Court ruling has quashed a decision in January 2022 by then Secretary of State for Business (BEIS) Kwasi Kwarteng MP to refuse development consent for an electricity interconnector with France planned by Aquind. The Planning Inspectorate’s report recommended…

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