Power companies are to be fined £10.5 million and an already planned review into the electricity system operator (ESO) accelerated following Ofgem’s investigation into the nationwide blackout on 9 August 2019.
Representatives from a variety of energy organisations, including Energy UK and SP Energy Networks have received awards as part of the 2020 New Year’s Honours list.
Current±’s series of predictions for 2020 continues with part eight, featuring the expectations of Kaluza’s Valts Grintals and Hyperdrive Innovation’s Stephen Irish.
Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look back at 2019, re-capping some of the biggest stories in energy storage while also predicting what the key trends for the energy transition in 2020 may be.
Peak energy demand will rise by up to 50% in the next 30 years in the North West, according to Electricity North West’s annual Distribution Future Electricity Scenarios (DFES) publication.