Carbon Price Support rates frozen at £18 per tonne of carbon dioxide in 2022/23. “The government is committed to carbon pricing as a tool to drive decarbonisation and intends to set out additional proposals for expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme…
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ACT NOW: Is your ‘shovel ready’ green project stalled by network issues? DNOs need data to help direct £300M to low-carbon hotspots
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Developers, local authorities and other parties with low-carbon projects that could connect to the electricity network in the next two years have six weeks to help direct up to £300M of network investment towards ‘hot spots’, with the aim of…
Gas price recovery, CfD and RO increases, Covid debt, drive up price cap by £96
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From 1 April 2021 the energy price cap will increase by £96 to £1,138 for 11 million default tariff customers, and by £87 to £1,156 for 4 million pre-payment meter customers, Ofgem has annnounced. The hike returns the price cap to pre-pandemic levels, principally…
Good Energy founder Juliet Davenport to stand down as CEO, company to seek specialist in digital businesses
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Juliet Davenport is to stand down as chief executive of Good Energy and the company has appointed an executive search firm to recruit a new chief executive with proven experience in growing digital businesses. Davenport will become a non-executive director…
COP26 landing page goes live, themes include clean transport and energy transition. Five week window to apply for involvement
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The government has published its landing page for COP 26 (the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow on 1-12 November 2021. A separate landing page, ‘Together for our Planet‘ is aimed at UK organisation, with the stated aim…
Drone takes on site inspection duty for proposed South Humber Bank power station
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The examining officer with responsibility for the South Humber Bank Energy Centre application has taken the unusual step of asking for a flight plan for a drone survey of the site instead of organising a site visit. The officer was responding to…
Community energy organisations invited to dedicated Ofgem briefing on grid charges
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Community Energy England has invited community energy organisations to a meeting with Ofgem, to understand how the reguator operates and let it know about communities’ collective aspirations for their sector. The meeting on 28 January will have a presentation from Ofgem tailored…
Smart export tariffs: what is on offer?
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Ofgem now lists 16 supply companies who offer mandatory tariffs for exporting power from distributed renewable generation. Companies with over 100,000 customers are required to offer the tariff – intended to replace feed-in tariffs. Which offer the best tariffs? Here…
Selkie Project seeks tidal and wave developers – call for tenders extended
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Calls for tenders looking for two companies – a tidal energy developer and a wave energy developer – to join the SELKIE project have both been extended to 30 April. The Selkie project aims to improve the performance of marine energy…
Networks research hub offers £400k grant funding – call extended
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EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks has extended a call for expressions of interest for projects around resilience focused on climate adaptation, network achitectures or markets and regulation (the organisation’s three working groups).The call now closes on 22 April. The second Flex Fund…