RheEnergise, developer of long-duration hydro-energy storage, has appointed ex-Centrica executive Sophie Orme as commercial director.

​The Energy Price Guarantee in its current form will now only run until April, according to newly appointed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt.

The UK government has launched a feasibility study to explore the creation of a “digital spine” for the energy system.

The UK’s net zero transition is set to be determined by homes and businesses adopting low carbon technologies (LCTs) in a bid to reduce energy bills amid the cost-of-living crisis.

Flexitricity will provide market access to National Grid’s new winter Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) in order to support businesses amid the energy crisis.

“I find it extraordinary that we are talking about banning solar on farmlands, but we are talking about putting oil drills on farmlands – it is an industrialised process,” said Simon Maine, managing director, corporate communications at investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.

RSK has highlighted the need for a cleanse of grid capacity registers, a shift in capacity to areas with generation potential and the streamlining of relevant energy developments as a means to unlock the UK’s renewable energy sector.

The GB energy system saw its highest ever available wind generation in the week commencing 3 October, peaking at 17.6GW of potential wind energy generated in the evening of 5 October.

“We need to work together to provide customers with information on safely reducing energy bills this winter,” said Angela Terry, CEO and founder of One Home.

“The IMF is predicting that the UK will see the highest growth of any G7 member in 2022,” said climate minister Graham Stuart, despite the UK being plagued with the ongoing energy crisis.