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Electricity North West's chief executive Peter Emery. Image: Electricity North West.

April 14, 2021

Electricity North West pledges £2bn investment during RIIO-ED2

Electricity North West (ENW) is planning to invest £1.97 billion during RIIO-ED2, a 44% increase on the current price control period.

April 14, 2021

UKPN begins ‘strategic, smart, specific’ tech rollout to enable more renewables

Network operator UK Power Networks (UKPN) is rolling out new ‘load blinding relays’ to unlock capacity for new connections in a £1 million project.

Origin ‘upgrades’ FY2023 energy market outlook due to strong contribution from Octopus Energy. Image: Octopus Energy.

April 13, 2021

Octopus Energy to provide renewable energy to Ebico in new white-label partnership

Octopus Energy has announced a white-label partnership with Ebico, providing renewable electricity for its customers.

ADE: ‘recent governmental moves risk undermining positive climate action’. Image: Getty Images.

April 13, 2021

Temasek and BlackRock announce $1bn decarbonisation fund

Investment company Temasek has partnered with BlackRock to invest in next-generation net zero solutions, such as renewable energy technologies.

The COVID-19 European carbon scorecard. Image: Wärtsilä.

April 13, 2021

UK ranks 5th in Wärtsilä’s COVID-19 Europe emissions scorecard

The UK has come in 5th position in a ranking of the drop in emissions seen across Europe since the start of national COVID-19 lockdowns.

Highview Power is one of a number of prospective providers of long-duration energy storage as demand for the technology class grows. Image: Highview Power.

April 13, 2021

PODCAST: The role of long-duration energy storage for grids and solar’s global curtailment risk

This month’s episode of the Solar Media Podcast, sponsored by Honeywell, is out now, featuring discussion on long-duration energy storage, grid stability and how solar is at risk of prolonged curtailment in Vietnam.

April 13, 2021

Current± launches new webinar series with P375 discussion with Elexon

Current± is pleased to launch a brand new series of webinars, focusing in on the key drivers of the energy transition in Britain.

April 12, 2021

EDF to sell its only UK CCGT plant West Burton B to EIG

EDF has announced the sale of its only gas-fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power station in the UK, West Burton B.

Ofgem said that the Drax Pumped Storage has provided its full corporation with the investigation and has “proactively sought to rectify the matter”. Image: Drax.

April 12, 2021

BECCS at Drax could save UK £4.5bn in meeting fifth carbon budget says report

A new report produced by Baringa and commissioned by Drax has found bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could save the UK over £4.5 billion.