For the last few years the government and consumer organisations to switch their energy supplier and, generally, to jump on a fixed price deal. It’s good advice and a surge of customers followed it. In most cases they saved a…
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Low carbon policies have reduced emissions without increasing household energy bills, says Committee on Climate Change
by Annabel Andrews •
The cost of action to tackle climate change and improve energy efficiency has been offset by reductions in household energy bills since the Climate Change Act was passed, according to new analysis by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). While…
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Isles of Scilly project to test use of EV and home batteries in smart grids
by Annabel Andrews •
A £10.8m project on the Isles of Scilly is to test the role of electric vehicles and home batteries in a low-carbon smart grid. The smart battery company Moixa will develop platforms allowing electric vehicles and smart home batteries to be…
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Vattenfall signs 1000-battery deal with BMW
by New Power •
Vattenfall and the BMW Group have signed a contract for the delivery of up to 1,000 lithium-ion batteries this year, each of which can store 33kWh. The largest installation – pending on a final investment decision – will be at…
Editor's blog
Blog: National Grid “in talks” with DeepMind, Google’s artificial intelligence firm
by Annabel Andrews •
Google’s DeepMind is in discussions with National Grid about the possibility of using artificial intelligence to help balance energy supply and demand, according to reports in the Financial Times. The idea is that the company’s machine learning technology may be able to better…
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Ofto bidding opens for Galloper and Walney Extension
by New Power •
Bidding has opened to own and operate the links connecting two offshore wind farms to the onshore network. The links to be tendered are for Galloper off the east coast of England and Walney Extension in the Irish Sea. Ofgem,…
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ADE launches district heating task force
by Annabel Andrews •
The Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has launched a task force on district heating, aiming to deliver a subsidy-free heat network market with strong protections for consumers. The task force, which will represent a range of stakeholders, will provide recommendations…
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Blackout Britain? ECIU says customers are paying millions to fix a problem that does not exist
by New Power •
The electricity supply market is working more efficiently, with demand-side balancing proving cheap and effective, and unjustified fears over supply/demand margins have led to customers’ money being spent unnecessarily. That was the conclusion of a report published today by the…
Perspective
OPINION: Local authorities should join the battery gold rush
by New Power •
Mark Bramah of Municipia and Marc Wynn of Asset Utilities argue that local authorities should take the lead in developing electricity storage to develop a new income stream Councils undertake energy projects for different reasons: as a means of…