A cost benefit assessment of locational pricing systems in Britain has found that implementing a nodal pricing system could deliver up to £51 billion in consumer savings, but benefits face regional disparities.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer launched a new strategy to produce more clean energy at a speech in Scotland today.

The UK EV industry is set to receive a major boost with Fortescue Future Industries announcing today (19 June) its intention to develop an additional “state of the art facility” for battery and electric powertrain production in Oxfordshire.

Current± Briefings: Shell Recharge on what EV industry stakeholders can learn from the experiences of the early majority will run at 10am BST on Thursday 13 July.

According to a new report released by the Public Accounts Committee today (16 June), approximately 1.7 million were left waiting for months for help on energy bills due to a “lack of bandwidth” from the government.

National Grid ESO has published a consultation focusing on its long-term reforms to the grid connections process which it says complement its shorter-term five-point plan. 

A new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) report has dubbed smart meters a “critical tool in the transition to a low carbon energy system”.

Although progress has been made in the rollout of smart meters, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) “faces challenges in meeting its latest targets”, says the National Audit Office (NAO).

Speaking at RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2023 conference at ExCeL in London this week, the Scottish Government’s minister for energy and the environment, Gilliam Martin, discussed the economic and social opportunities offered by floating offshore wind.