The UK Government has confirmed a “historic” £700 million stake in the Sizewell C nuclear project to boost energy security prospects.

OVO Energy has joined National Grid ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) to incentivise the reduction of energy use during peak usage times.

​With temperatures dipping, the last week has presented the first real challenges of the winter period to National Grid ESO. In the latest in our Current± Price Watch series – powered by LCP Enact – we take a look at the first Capacity Market Notification (CMN) of the season, as well as how the World Cup is causing demand pickups.

Octopus Energy’s tech platform, Winder, has identified 2.3GW British onshore wind energy potential.

UK-based electric vehicle (EV) smart charging provider, EO Charging (EO), has adopted the chargepoint installation platform created by Jumptech to support the launch of its new generation of EV chargers – the EO Genius 2 and the EO Mini Pro 3.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided over £32 million to five energy storage projects across the nation to support the development of new technologies such as thermal batteries and liquid flow batteries.

Simon Clarke MP, the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has received significant support for an amendment to lift the de facto ban on onshore wind farm developments dated 23 November.

Plans have been unveiled that will see the Irish energy grid directly connected to continental Europe for the first time via a 575km interconnector running through the Celtic Sea.

Moove has partnered with EV fuel card company Paua to develop a single-access EV charging solution in the UK dubbed “Moove Charge”.