New data from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) showed that 1.7 million households using prepayment meters in Britain redeemed their Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) vouchers in January alone – 130,000 more than December 2022.

Due to the newly introduced Electricity Generator Levy, current inflation levels and supply chain difficulties, costs in developing low carbon generation projects have increased by between 20% to 30%, with some quoting 50% for specific projects, Energy UK said.

French energy giant EDF’s UK branch posted an annual profit of £1.12 billion despite the state-controlled company having recorded annual losses of around £16 billion.

​EDF’s Sizewell B nuclear power plant is going offline this week for a £80 million refuelling and maintenance programme to last 66 days.

E.ON Next and Shell Energy have joined 12 retail energy suppliers in signing up to the Vulnerability Commitment to improve support for vulnerable energy customers.

Energy Systems Catapult has released a new report indicating that digital twin technologies could be used for government and regulators to develop possible future policies.

Smart electric vehicle (EV) charging provider, Easee, has announced the installation of over half a million EV chargers – a figure the company plans to triple by the end of 2023.

National Grid ESO estimated that it has saved consumers £80 million between April 2022 and January 2023 that would otherwise have been used on constraint payments, through the early adoption of its Constraint Management Pathfinder’s (CMP) Anglo-Scottish Intertrip scheme.

​Centrica’s profits have more than tripled over the last year to hit £3.308 billion amid the energy crisis.

The UK’s offshore wind pipeline is set to reach 100GW in the coming months but has lost out on the top spot for installed capacity to China, according to RenewableUK.