The UK Government has announced a £205 million budget for the fifth Contracts for Difference (CfD) funding round, which is the first auction to run annually.

Following the early announcement of the extension of the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) at the current rate of £,2500 for three months, there were only a few key energy focused elements to the Spring Budget.

Research from climate charity Possible has indicated that nearly half of people intending to vote Conservative want more renewable projects like onshore wind and solar to tackle energy costs.

Exmouth Leisure Centre in Devon is the first UK site to benefit from free heat supplied by British tech start-up, Deep Green’s, heat-recapture cloud technology.

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will be kept at its current rate for an additional three months, fixing prices at £2,500 till the end of June.

The distribution network operator (DNO), Northern Powergrid, has lodged an appeal with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) in relation to “two specific errors of fact” in the Gas and Electricity Market Authority’s (GEMA) price control determination.

The UK risks falling behind within the ‘global green-race’ due to the government’s unwillingness to invest and use industrial strategy, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR).

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has published a new blueprint for the UK’s electric vehicle (EV) sector which warns that the UK's ability to compete as an EV production leader is “at risk.”

Not-for-profit centre of excellence Energy Systems Catapult has partnered with Electricity North West and Impact Market Research to better identify low income and vulnerable (LIV) customers and tailor energy support.