The government’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has awarded funding to energy tech company Electron to show that blockchain can transform the market for balancing the electricity grid. The grant will enable the company to scale and integrate a blockchain trading platform…

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A £32 million plant anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has been completed in Dagenhamfor food waste recycler ReFood (UK) Ltd  to take food waste in the south of England. The gas to grid (G2G) facility can accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste…

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The government should look to bring digital comparison tools (DCTs) like price comparison websites into ‘into regulators’ scope’ in energy and telecoms, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended. It said, “Where regulation of suppliers’ sales and marketing activities…

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A new solar farm to be opened today by Claire Perry MP,  Minister for Climate Change & Industry, is claimed to be the first solar farm in the UK to operate without a government subsidy.The 10MW farm at Clayhill near Flitwick…

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Ofgem wants customers to be able to switch energy supplier reliably in one day by 2020 and is planning to produce a work programme in 2018 to deliver that objective. Now it has asked the industry for views on the…

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E.On has promised to replace its standard variable tariff (SVT) with a fixed term tariff, initially for smart meter customers. People having a smart meter installed will be offered a one-year fixed tariff. Existing smart meters customers will also be…

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The OpenLV project wants app developers to use data from Western Power Distribution to help customers and the network operator. OpenLV, led by Western Power Distribution and EA Technology, is trialling an open software platform in electricity substations that can…

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Centrica has completed installation of 3MW of battery storage at the Gateshead Energy Centre. The storage is owned by Gateshead council and Centrica will manage it under a 10 year contract, providing  flexibility services for the grid and eventually meeting…

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The energy sector has the highest number of switchers across customer sectors, according to new research from Echo Managed Services. In a survey of 1000 customers the services company found that 38% of consumers had reviewed or switched supplier in…

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Uncertainty over the UK’s participation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) beyond 2019 “is causing issues in the market now”, said Eurelectric. But it warned that plans to ‘void’  UK emissions trading scheme allowances could have unintended consequences. Last…

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