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Autonomous robot to start road excavation trials

Gas network operator SGN is planning field trials this year of an autonomous robot that can carry out excavation of buried pipelines and other assets. “Because we operate 76,000km of underground pipelines in the UK and dig thousands of excavations…

Smart meter rollout continues to amaze

It seems, according to a press release from auto-switching company Migrate, that the smart meter rollout is producing a surprising number of consumers who are experts … on smart meters. The company said it recently carried out a survey and found…

Where does a Ministry for Climate Change belong?

As the budget approaches, and a potential restructuring of government departments, the question arises: what to do about climate change – or, more specifically, the Department of Climate Change that was absorbed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial…

Anesco picks up management for more solar sites

Anesco is to provide operations and maintenance services for a further 10 UK solar farms, on behalf of Foresight Group and Alpha Real Renewables. The 10 sites have a combined capacity of 71MW.  Anesco’s O&M team now looks after more…

Mayor launches London Power supplier

London Power, a partnership between Octopus Energy and the Mayor of London, launched this week. The company offers two tariffs, My London fixed yearly plan and My London top-up plan. The Mayor will become one of the first customers of the company…