The Advertising Standards Agency has decided that Friends of the Earth can claim on its website that “Fracking is incompatible with tackling climate change” and “Fracking risks contaminating groundwater”. The watchdog rejected a challenge that questioned whether the comments could be substantiated and sugegsted they…
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E.On to switch to renewables for all household electricity customers
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E.On has promised to make 100% renewable energy the standard for its 3.3 million residential customers, ‘at no extra cost’. It said a survey of electricity customers shows that 61% of customers not already on a renewable tariff would be likely to change…
Offshore wind innovators invited to test new technologies at Vattenfall’s site
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UK innovators have been invited to test products and services for the offshore wind market in real-world conditions at Vattenfall’s £300 million European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre, off Aberdeen. The new £1.5 million three-year agreement between Vattenfall and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult wants innovators…
Shell promises its faster EV charger will be one of hundreds on retail sites
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Shell has claimed the UK’s first 150kW electric vehicle charger on a forecourt, at a Shell/Waitrose site in Battersea, London. The new charger is a part of Shell Recharge, Shell’s on-forecourt electric vehicle charging service. The 150kW charger allow drover…
Cusc change could give new entrants a bigger voice in power system evolution
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Large power companies will have less influence on some industry rules in future after Ofgem agreed changes to the way the rules are governed – two years after proposals for the change were first put forward. Rules for connecting and…
Four companies win in UKPN’s flexibility auction
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AMP Clean Energy, Limejump, Powervault and Moixa are the winners in an auction held by UK Power Networks that will deliver 18.1MW of flexibility on its distribution network. The contracts, worth £450,000, will defer more expensive network reinforcement costs. This…
EU’s Clean Energy Package – and Brexit delay – will drive new diesel out of Capacity Market
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Provisions in the EU’s Clean Energy Package, which enters into force today and will be adopted by the UK because Brexit has not yet taken effect, has driven diesel plant out of future Capacity Market auctions, along with other high…
Green Star pays £350k for customer service failings
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Green Star Energy is to make payments totalling £350,000 in recompense for failings towards its customers in the rental market. The supplier failed to update its records and issue welcome packs to 1,829 new tenants. This left tenants on deemed…
EAC to scrutinise government over plans for ‘net zero’ to see whether it practices what it preaches on managing the estate
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The Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry into the sustainability of the government’s estate and procurement processes and what action it needs to take to achieve its net zero emissions target by 2050 or sooner. MPs will examine how…
National Trust to divest £40 million in fossil fuel assets
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The National Trust is reforming its investment strategy and will divest from fossil fuel assets, which currently represent 4% of its £1 billion stock market portfolio. Previously the Trust had required that no investment be made directly in companies which derived…