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Image of the IFA2 National Grid Interconnector

March 28, 2024

Viking Interconnector: Analysing power flows and profits

Phil Hewitt, director of Montel EnAppSys, explains how trading processes work across the Viking Link interconnector, who has benefited the most from it coming into operation and its impacts on European power market volumes.

March 27, 2024

SSEN’s 7GW connections reform programme lines up projects

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has secured the first projects for its ‘Technical Limits’ programme.

March 27, 2024

UK to get European-style ‘solar subscription’

Norwegian-based solar marketplace Otovo has launched its solar subscription product in the UK, aiming to ‘democratise access to solar’.

March 27, 2024

UK government reveals drop in smart meter installations in 2023

The UK government has published statistics regarding the total number of smart meter installations across the UK as of December 2023.

March 27, 2024

Electricity ‘superhighway’ receives provisional funding package of £3.4 billion

Ofgem has awarded the proposed Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) electricity ‘superhighway’ a provisional funding package of £3.4 billion.

March 27, 2024

REA calls for accessible EV charging mandate

The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has called for a legislative mandate securing the growth of accessible electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Labour would pursue this role through its proposed publicly owned energy company GB Energy. Image: Keir Starmer Flickr.

March 26, 2024

Labour to pursue ‘world leader’ role in floating offshore wind

Labour has thrown its weight behind offshore floating wind deeming the UK can become a “world leader” for the technology.

Planning consent has also been granted for Eastern Green Link 2. Image: SSEN.

March 26, 2024

Anglo-Scottish ‘superhighway’ first to benefit from fast-track funding

The Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) is the first project to benefit from a new streamlined approval process, receiving a provisional budget of £2 billion.

The consultation launched on Monday (25 March). Image: Ofgem.

March 26, 2024

‘Energy market evolution’ sparks Ofgem consultation into price cap

Energy regulator Ofgem launched a discussion on Monday into the price cap due to “energy market evolution”.

March 26, 2024

More renewable energy generated than gas in Winter 2023/24

New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s (ECIU) Power Tracker has revealed that the amount of energy generated from renewables outnumbered that of gas.