Injecting renewable energy into the network is being delayed, and the cost reductions available from standardisation are not being realised, because networks’ technical requirements and processes vary. Early payments and capacity problems on the system are major barriers. Sound familiar?…

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Ban Mac, Market Analyst at Elexon, examines the shift of customers from bigger electricity suppliers to smaller ones The Big Six energy companies in Great Britain are experiencing a difficult time lately. Elexon data show that from March 2016 to…

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Talk of time of day tariffs sometimes hit an impasse when the amount of money that customers can save by moving out of peak time is calculated. It’s often just pennies. But there is no need for the industry to…

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We love convenience stores  – McColls, Budgens, Best-In, Spar, KeyStore, Costcutter and many more. This is where many of us are regularly doing local shopping, browsing the magazines and newspapers, and  generally spending 20 minutes of our time. Even in…

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Hearing presentations at Powergen Europe this week makes it clearer than ever that the old power industry has to change. The industry is enthusiastically behind a new interest in electrification of transport and heat, which is necessary if we are…

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May’s electoral fiasco has thrust into unlikely prominence the politician at the centre of Northern Ireland’s ‘cash for ash’ debacle. Prime minister May’s parliamentary survival currently depends on the support of the ten Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs who are…

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It appears that knowing about smart meters, and thinking about having one installed, is very effective at getting people to take action to monitor their usage and take action. In fact, according to new research published by Smart Energy GB,…

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For the last few years the government and consumer organisations to switch their energy supplier and, generally, to jump on a fixed price deal. It’s good advice and a surge of customers followed it. In most cases they saved a…

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Google’s DeepMind is in discussions with National Grid about the possibility of using artificial intelligence to help balance energy supply and demand, according to reports in the Financial Times. The idea is that the company’s machine learning technology may be able to better…

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Regulator Ofgem has announced it is ‘minded to’ reduce the earnings embedded plant can harness from so-called embedded benefits.  Janet Wood sets out the background to its document   What are embedded benefits? Embedded generation charging is complex, such plant…

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