No matter what happens with Brexit, the UK will soon have change at the top: at least a change of leadership for the Conservatives, and possibly a general election with the potential for a change of government. Times are changing…

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“Further change is needed to deliver an energy system fit for the future”, BEIS and Ofgem have told energy networks, in a letter asking them to go further and faster in accomodating distributed and flexible energy assets and promoting new…

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Developing a framework that would allow new nuclear to be delivered under a regulated asset base (RAB) financing model is a key task for Ofgem in the period to 2023, the regulator has said. Government is expected to publish a consultation…

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Regulators in the energy, water, telecoms and financial service sectors take different and often inconsistent approaches to tackling consumer issues and have not made enough progress in working together, according to a new report from the Public Accounts Committee. What…

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National Grid ESO should procure 300MW of generation capacity in a ‘T-1′ Capacity Market auction for delivery in the winter of 2020/21, BEIS has said, although capacity estimates say it is not required. BEIS has been more cautious than the…

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Siemens has placed contracts  for the construction of the transmission infrastructure for the 850MW Moray East Offshore Windfarm. Onshore undergound cables for the project stretch  35km  from near Whitehills on the Aberdeenshire coast to the new substation site south of New…

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EV charging network Engenie has anniunced plans to invest £35 million to install 2000 new  rapid charge points in the UK by 2024. The  plans are being funded by Cube Infrastructure Fund II and the company aims to install the…

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A 39% slowdown in renewable energy investment in the world’s biggest market, China, meant that globally renewable energy investment fell by 14% to  $117.6 billion,  compared to the first half of 2018, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. However,  multibillion-dollar projects…

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Government has to embed the net-zero policy across all levels and departments of government, with strong leadership at the centre, if it is to be delivered, the CCC said. That includes clear and stable policy direction, investable rules and incentives, space for…

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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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