Brilliant Energy Supply Limited, an energy supplier with about 17,000 domestic customers, has ceased to trade. The company’s customers, which include some supplied under a ‘white label’ arrangement with Northumbria Energy, will now enter Ofgem’s ‘supplier of last resort’ process…

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Energy retailers will be called on to top-up the Renewables Obligation (RO) for the second year in a row, Cornwall Insight has predicted, because the failure of more suppliers will mean necessary payments have not been made. Suppliers can make…

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BEIS is consulting further on changes to the Capacity Market that would enable wind and solar projects to be included, make changes in the way interconnectors participate, and prepare for a ‘T-3′ auction to be held in early 2020 –…

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Ofgem wants to stop Avro Energy from taking on new customers if it fails to become a smart meter Data Communications Company (DCC) user by the end of May.   All suppliers were required to become DCC users by 25 November…

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Progressive Energy has sought consent for a  £150M biomass to BioSNG plant. The Protos plant is expected to start production in 2022 within the Energy Innovation District (EID) which brings together  Cheshire & Warrington LEP, Cheshire West and Chester Council and the…

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Benj Sykes, co-chair of the Offshore Wind Industry Council and Ørsted UK country manager for offshore: “…offshore wind is set to take its place at the heart of our low-carbon, affordable and reliable electricity system of the future. “This relentlessly innovative…

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What is the best way to deliver a ‘smart grid’ that accommodates responsive, decentralised and decarbonised electricity networks? The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has opened a major consultation on the future shape of the GB electricity networks and the next…

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Tempus has launched legal action intended to force the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to cancel a planned Capacity Market auction that would ‘top up’ capacity levels for next year’s winter (so-called ‘T -1′ auction) and return…

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Legal & General Capital has taken a 13% stake in charge point operator Pod Point. Legal & General says electric vehicles “will be an integral part of delivering that clean environment and transforming the UK’s transport systems”. Estimates suggest that by…

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Good Energy has taken a 12.9% share in electric vehicle app Zap-Map’s parent company, with an option to take a majority share within two years. The app helps EV drivers locate charge points and check their availability. Registered drivers help…

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