Ofgem is seeking fast feedback from power industry participants on how much it would cost to  change their systems to accommodate an imbalance settlement period of 15 minutes, instead of the 30 minutes currently used, in order to head off market…

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Drax Group, Equinor (previously known as Statoil) and National Grid Ventures are to work together to explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be constructed in the Humber in the…

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UK Power Networks is to invest £15 million in active management network of its power networks in London and the southeast –including a new intelligent software platform from Smarter Grid Solutions – that will enable it to connect over 500MW of distributed…

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Anesco has launched a new venture aimed at the domestic solar and storage market. The ‘Anesco at Home’ package combines solar, storage, heat pumps and EV charging technology, with an energy tariff auto-switching service and O&M care plan. Steve Shine, Anesco executive…

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Gas network company Cadent’s failings over keeping records of the buildings where it delivers gas were so poor as to threaten its fundamental duty, under Section 9 of the 1986 Gas Act, to “maintain an efficient and economical pipe-line system for…

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Ofgem has set back plans to alter some aspects of the charging regime, including that for distribution-connected (‘embedded’) generation. The regulator now expects to implement three aspects of its ‘targeted charging review’ (TCR) at the latest of the range of…

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FCC Environment is consulting on a new masterplan for the Greengairs landfill site in North Lanarkshire that will include construction of an energy from waste facility, the Drumgray Energy Recovery Centre. The Drumgray ERC will accept up to 300,000t of residual…

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The Environmental Services Association (ESA) said it was “a shame” that London Mayor Sadiq Khan has opposed construction of a new energy from waste plant in Bexley. The mayor’s office said Bexley residents and MPs oppose the plans because it would increase…

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Ofgem will set out its thinking on its revised approach to licensing and regulating suppliers at an industry meeting on 21 June. After a spate of company failures, Ofgem decided it needed to raise standards around suppliers’ financial resilience and customer…

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Water company Severn Trent is inviting companies to come forward with innovation to help to reduce its energy costs – the company’s second-biggest expense. The company spends around £100 million per year to meet its annual electricity need of 900GWh.…

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