Local planning authorities in the UK face resource constraints that limit their ability to engage with energy planning, and many planning officers lack the expertise to engage with energy planning processes effectively.

Smart EV charging firm Easee has announced it has joined the Mercury Consortium’s new initiative to develop grid-ready standards for EV charging, alongside the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).

Renewable energy investor AMPYR Distributed Energy has secured a multi-million-pound debt facility from an international banking major to grow its ambitions in the UK solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) sectors.

AMPECO, an EV charging management software developer, has inked a strategic partnership with i-charging to deliver compliant DC EV charging infrastructure in the US.

The UK government has removed a cumbersome requirement for drivers to submit planning applications to install an EV chargepoint at home or a business site.

News from the UK’s offshore wind sector as an offshore substation has been completed for SSE Renewables’ Dogger Bank C, and Orsted has awarded £100,000 funding as part of the community benefit fund for the Hornsea 3 offshore wind development.

The latest data from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has revealed that 67% of all electricity meters in Britain are smart or advanced meters.

A new project supported by the Welsh government is seeking to develop a new generation of tidal stream turbine blades.

Mollie Atherton, project manager at spatial analytics and software company, Advanced Infrastructure, explores how a subtle change to grid connection rules could accelerate community-scale net zero efforts, and why better digital tools will be essential to make it happen.

Ofgem has opened a new consultation into potential regulatory changes to the National Energy System Operator (NESO).