The UK Government yesterday (11 May) set out new proposals to improve reward schemes offered to communities living locally to onshore wind farms.

The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero’s (DESNZs) Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) has awarded £91 million between seven low carbon heating projects.

With the recent news that National Grid ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) saved over 3.3GWh of electricity throughout the winter period, GridBeyond confirmed its clients delivered a 190MWh demand reduction.

Industry leaders from Shell, the Crown Estate, Simply Blue, Arup and Siemens Energy discussed the ‘growing pains’ of offshore wind in a session at All Energy Glasgow this week.

Ireland’s first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS-1) auction has seen over 3GW awarded for offshore wind projects.

Gillian Martin, Minister for Energy in the Scottish government, opens the second day of All Energy Glasgow by championing the 40GW reported pipeline of offshore wind, as well as 20GW of onshore wind by 2030. But, as many people in the industry are warning, these possibilities might not be possible if the electricity grid isn’t upgraded to the required capacity. 

British Gas has launched its Warm Home Promise to address misgivings over domestic heat pump installations.

Following a new framework agreement, the clean energy developer, Masdar will now be able to use Octopus Energy's technology platform, Kraken, to manage its UK battery storage portfolio.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging operator ubitricity has confirmed that it has completed over 7,000 EV chargepoint installations across the UK.

Electric vehicle (EV) charging company char.gy is aiming to develop a 100,000 strong network of chargers by 2030, as it changes CEO.