The Energy Networks Association has launched a consultation on its Gas Network Innovation Strategy. The strategy sets out the challenges and the opportunities facing the gas transmission and distribution networks as the UK looks to decarbonise its energy system. It…

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EDF Energy Renewables is selling a majority stake in five of its UK onshore wind farms to Greencoat UK Wind. EDF Energy Renewables will continue to own a 20% share in the wind farms and will  continue to run the…

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Data businesses will be ahead of utilities in the rollout of residential demand management (RDM), which will allow users to participate in balancing supply and demand, according to a survey of industry professionals carried out by Green Energy Options (Geo),…

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Businesses underestimate the cost of electricity failures, according to  Centrica Business Solutions. In a survey of UK and Irish businesses, senior energy decision-makers who had not experienced a serious energy failure predicted the cost to their business would be 7%…

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The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has announced a call for evidence on the government’s Draft Energy Price Cap Bill. The BEIS Committee’s pre-legislative scrutiny will involve examining the objective, provisions, and likely impact of the legislation and the…

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Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, UCL: “There is a lot to agree with here – and much to chew on.  But it would help if Helm acknowledged that the dramatic technology cost reductions he highlights were largely…

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Open Utility has won £412,500 in funding from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Energy Entrepreneurs Fund (EEF) to develop an online marketplace for local electricity flexibility trading. The marketplace will help distribution network operators (DNOs) play an active…

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A record number of firms are dissatisfied with the state of infrastructure in their region, according to the 2017 CBI/AECOM Infrastructure Survey. Nearly all (96%) of the 727 businesses surveyed see infrastructure as important to the government’s agenda, but only…

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Water and sewerage company Severn Trent has partnered with Open Energi to unlock demand flexibility from its equipment. The company, which provides water to 4.5 million households and businesses across the Midlands and Wales, aims to provide over 20MW of…

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Shell has launched a new on-forecourt electric vehicle (EV) rapid charging service. The service is currently available at three Shell garages in London, Surrey and Derby, and will expand to seven more garages in Greater London and Reading by the…

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