The Nick Winser report: Battery storage could mitigate the cost of grid infrastructure. Image: SP Energy Networks.
September 21, 2021

SPEN launches GB's first USEF-compliant local flexibility market

​SP Energy Networks (SPEN) has become the first company to successfully deploy a fully-functioning Universal Smart Energy Framework (USEF)-compliant flexibility market in GB.
Gas contributed the largest share of the energy mix in Britain in 2022. Image: Getty
September 21, 2021

Ember: Fossil fuel costs driving force behind UK electricity price increases

​The need to switch away from imported fossil fuels to domestic renewables has been thrown into the spotlight by new analysis from thinktank Ember.
September 20, 2021

How wireless charging can take the hassle out of EV fleets

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September 20, 2021

EDF to take on shuttered supplier Utility Point’s 220,000 customers

EDF has been selected as the Supplier of Last Resort for Utility Point’s 220,000 domestic customers after the latter collapsed last week.
Buying renewable electricity from an EcoAct verified company grants businesses additional justification for including zero emissions electricity supply in their environmental strategies. Image: SSE.
September 20, 2021

‘No decision’ made to split SSE, company states in response to media speculation

​There has been “no decision” to break up the SSE Group the company has confirmed following media speculation.
Octopus Energy secured Bulb's services in December 2022. Image: Bulb.
September 20, 2021

Bulb exploring funding opportunities as wholesale prices squeeze suppliers

​Bulb is looking for new funding opportunities, as high gas prices continues to put a strain on British energy suppliers.
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September 20, 2021

BEIS stresses need for more renewables to reduce volatile global gas price risk

​Energy secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is today (20 September) convening a roundtable on the way forward for the energy industry following high gas prices and supplier exits.
The Cromarty Firth has been particularly highlighted given the large regional concentration of renewable energy potential. Image: spodzone/Flickr.
September 17, 2021

Transmission charges must be changed to support Scottish renewables, argues report

​The Scottish Affairs Committee has called on Ofgem to change how transmission charges are distributed, to help strengthen the Scottish renewables sector.
The new charging tariff is now the "cheapest" home tariff on the market. Image: OVO Energy.
September 17, 2021

Kaluza and Flexitricity to utilise EVs in Balancing Mechanism

​Kaluza and Flexitricity have teamed up to offer demand response in the Balancing Mechanism, optimising domestic battery storage and electric vehicle (EV) batteries.
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September 17, 2021

Osprey embarks on rollout of 150 rapid EV charging hubs

​Osprey Charging is to develop 150 rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging hubs over the next four years in a £75 million programme.

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