The outcome of Ofgem’s first ‘regulatory sandbox’ suggests there could be more energy innovation within current regulatory arrangements – but innovators need help to navigate complex arrangements. In a report on the sandbox, which allows the regulator to grant temporary…

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Ofgem has written to network companies, suppliers and metering companies to warn them to take action to improve the quality of the data they hold on customers. The regulator said, “Poor quality data has repeatedly been identified as a risk…

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Northern Powergrid are working with Hyperdrive and Offgrid Energy are developing an electric response vehicle with an onboard energy storage system (ESS) to supply homes with power during power cuts, instead of the diesel-powered generators.   Dubbed the Silent Power Project, the…

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The CBI and the Aldersgate Group have both urged the government to go further to create the demand and infrastructure to support a zero emission road network. Commenting on the same day Theresa May announced £106m for R&D in green vehicles,…

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Statkraft has entered the Irish power market. It has been granted a supply licence in the Republic of Ireland  and has successfully concluded a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Castledockrell, a 41.4MW wind farm. The timing coincides with the new…

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Ofgem has proposed price caps that it says would save the average household on a default tariff £75 per year. “In total, the price cap would save consumers around £1 billion,” said the regulator. It believes companies who serve the…

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Ørsted has announced the opening of the 659MW  Walney Extension offshore wind farm – currently the world’s largest. The site comprises 40 MHI Vestas 8MW wind turbines and 47 Siemens Gamesa 7MW wind turbines, covering an area of 145km2 in the Irish…

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A coalition of UK and EU organisations has written to Theresa May and EU president Jean-Claude Juncker to plead for a comprehensive joint plan to work together on energy and climate after Brexit. The organisations want the EU and UK to…

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Energy Network Companies have launched a ‘Call for Ideas’ for network innovations for gas and electricity network. Companies can work with gas and electricity network operators to develop bids for innovation projects that will total up to £20 million for gas…

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National Grid has opened a consultation on its Future Energy Scenarios for 2019. Each year the grid operator produces scenarios intended to explore different pathways that the energy system may take. They try to capture a range of outcomes from…

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