United Utilities (UU) is working on plans to develop 150MW of new installed renewables capacity by 2030. It said the programme – described as an ‘initial step’ – could be a combination of solar, wind and batteries, helping to deliver…

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Four projects have won funding from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s Alternative Energy Markets innovation programme. They are: Chameleon Alternative Market for Energy Assessment In this £497k project Chameleon Technology, Evergreen Energy, Green Energy (UK) Ltd, Solo…

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Ofgem has rejected plans by National Grid Gas Transmission (NGGT) to replace ageing gas compressors at sites in the east of England, saying they will not be required when already-planned gas turbine units are installed. Ageing ‘Avon’ compressors, which have…

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DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, has officially opened a wind farm just 60 miles (100km) from the front line of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Phase I of the Tyligulska wind farm, in the Southern region of Mykolaiv, is already…

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Torbay and South Devon NHS Trust are seeking a Power Purchase Agreement to provide Torbay hospital with 3.5GWh of electricity per annum through an off-site PV array via ‘private wire’ with a direct connection to the hospital’s HV network .…

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Ovo Energy and Good Energy have each agreed customer refunds and compensation totalling around £2 million, after failings in applying correct tariffs. OVO Energy informed the regulator in November that it had applied incorrect tariffs to some customers. It has…

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The UK is becoming a less attractive destination for infrastructure investor funding, according to a regular survey published by the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). The GIIA’s regular ‘Pulse’ survey said investment was becoming more difficult, with its investor members…

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Three energy suppliers have made compensation payments and additional redress totalling over £8 milllion after they missed or unduly delayed Guaranteed Standards of Performance compensation payments due to consumers worth £6,305,925. Over 100,000 customers were affected by these issues at…

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Octopus Energy’s generation arm and Legal & General Capital are to invest £70 million in the Kensa Group. The investment will allow Kensa, which manufactures and installs ground source heat pumps, to rapidly expand and install 50,000 ground source heat…

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ASA, the advertising standards body, has announced plans to crack down on ‘green’ claims made in adverts that do not stack up. In its annual report the body said “as the UK and other countries set ambitious targets to address…

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