Parliament calls for major energy rules shake up
MPs from all parties have debated new rules to enable clean community energy generation and called upon the government to enact a ‘Right to...
The good, the bad and Orbit: Citizens Advice ranks 35 power suppliers to UK...
A “huge chasm” may be opening in customer service levels between the best and worst of electricity retailers to Britain’s homes, Citizens Advice’s latest...
Norway and Britain to swap clean electricity tomorrow over world’s longest subsea cable
Northumbria’s monks, beware; charged up Norsemen will tomorrow (Wed 23rd) tentatively unleash their hoard of clean volts on your Geordie shore.
Long contracts, not longships,...
Britain’s interconnector links are ‘Europe’s most expensive’, say consultants
Porting utility volumes of power to or from the UK incurs fees which now stand as the highest in Europe, according to consultants EnAppSys.
The...
Ban greenwashing, and make REGOs worth the paper they’re written on, Ofgem is urged
Energy retailing’s dirty, not-so-little secret has come under renewed scrutiny, with two prominent power providers uniting in a call to banish ‘greenwashing’.
In their joint...
EXCLUSIVE: ”Free up UK community energy co-ops to sell clean power direct to customers”,...
Boris Johnson’s government must free up the UK’s 200-plus voluntary energy co-operatives to sell self-made clean power direct to their communities, a Conservative-led committee...
“New epoch” of renewables unlocks capacity “to meet world energy needs 100 times over”:...
Energy economists Carbon Tracker believe fossil fuels will be ousted from world electricity production by the mid-2030s, displaced by tumbling costs of solar and...
Half hourly settlement in consumer retail power gets Ofgem’s green light for four year...
Ofgem has approved the introduction of half-hourly settlement in retail energy markets serving all consumers. Suppliers will have until October 2025 to implement the...
The Energyst – Latest issue out now
The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App.
The Energyst is now published monthly,...
Carbon emissions from UK power fall 7.6% in a year of Covid lockdowns
Closing the UK’s remaining coal-fired power stations has made a bigger dent in national carbon pollution than a year of coronavirus lockdowns, analysis by...
Easter Monday sees record low carbon intensity for GB electricity
National Grid ESO has revealed that Great Britain’s electricity grid was the greenest it’s ever been at 1pm on Monday 5th April. The carbon...
Ofgem must consider impacts on local decarbonisation in network charging reviews
A new report, from not-for-profit centre of energy expertise Regen, argues that national changes to how we pay for our electricity networks will have...
Smart Meter checklist
Electricity, Water & Gas customer communication Smart Meter checklist. Keep customers informed around visits and smart meter appointments to increase access and boost customer...
Gas Goes Green plans for 2021
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has published the details of the work that will be delivered through its Gas Goes Green programme this year....
NZ based Marvel Labs joins Octopus Energy
Wellington based Marvel Labs has announced the sale of Configurable - an advanced energy retail pricing system for a smart grid world - to...
BT Group sources 100% renewable electricity from Total
Total Gas & Power will supply BT Group with 100% renewable electricity for three years from April 2022. A mix of renewable sources will...
Gas grid companies plot course to Britain’s first hydrogen town
Britain’s gas grid companies have today set out their plans to deliver the UK’s first hydrogen town by 2030, in a major new blueprint...
Electricity tariff that gets cheaper when it’s windy
Octopus Energy has acquired its first two own-brand wind turbines, the move is accompanied by the launch of the world's first local time-of-use wind...
Record-breaking 2020 becomes greenest year for Britain’s electricity
2020 was the greenest year on record for Britain’s electricity system, with average carbon intensity – the measure of CO2 emissions per unit of...
Approval of the modified access rules for the BritNed interconnector
BritNed Development Limited (BDL) submitted modified Access Rules for the BritNed interconnector to the Authority on 10 December 2020. The Access Rules set out...