Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced four challenges to be addressed in the fourth round of the industry’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). The round four challenges provide a focus for participating innovators and networks to develop new products, processes or…

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Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee: “Delays in grid connection have been stifling opportunities for developing Net Zero Britain. I therefore welcomed the moves, announced last year, to reform the planning system to surge ahead with the…

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SMS and Oxfordshire County Council have received £5.3 million in funding from the UK Government’s Alternative Energy Markets Innovation Programme to find smart and flexible ways for households to use energy. The smart homes trial will involve up to 50,000…

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Mersey Heat Energy Centre is set to provide heat to homes and businesses from a water source heat pump in a £2.5 million deal signed with Star Refrigeration Ltd . The energy centre is under construction at Peel Water’s Liverpool…

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Shurgard Self-Storage and LEAP24 have joined forces to install public fast-charging stations at all Shurgard locations in the UK and the Netherlands. The companies say they want the sites to be ‘emission-free last mile delivery and mobility hubs’. They say…

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Stakeholders have just a week to respond to a Welsh government consultation into a ‘Just Transition’ in the Welsh context. The Welsh government has published a draft Just Transition Framework that it says: • Sets out a shared vision about…

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Dorenell Windfarm Limited (DWL) has agreed to make a payment of £5.53 million into Ofgem’s Redress Fund, after accepting that it breached energy market rules.  DWL generates electricity in Northern Scotland. Since 2020, DWL has regularly been required to reduce…

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Ofgem is planning to offer a ‘cap and floor’ financial regime to just one of seven interconnector projects that sought to use the framework. The regulator considered whether to allow customers to underwrite returns on the schemes, in exchange for…

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Northern Powergrid has invited customers to participate in its dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for Customer Flexibility Services. It wants to enable a local market for flexibility services by creating a level playing field for all providers as flexibility is an…

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The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme had over 2,000 applications for heat pump grants in January 2024, a 39% increase on the month the previous year. The month’s figures were exceeded by October and November last year, after a 50% increase…

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