Clean energy supplier Octopus Energy has won a competitive tender to take on nearly 100,000 customers from Iresa after it collapsed last week.

The E.On and RWE asset swap has edged closer after the former successfully completed a voluntary public takeover offer to minority shareholders of RWE’s innogy unit.

Centrica has set ambitious targets for divisions focused on the energy transition after it recorded a slump in H1 operating profit.

Ofgem has published its update on its next set of RIIO price controls, with the immediate headline to take that the regulator has deferred a final decision on appropriate returns until December. But there are a number of interesting points within the 120-page document that are sure to get the networks sector talking.

Energy regulator Ofgem has deferred its decision on the cost of equity range for energy networks in the forthcoming RIIO-2 framework until December, but has unveiled a raft of decisions as its new framework begins to take shape.

The UK’s power sector continued on its trajectory towards “rapid” adoption of renewables in 2017, according to official government statistics.

Engie has pointed towards solid organic growth in its renewables and networks divisions as the French energy major continues to reap the dividends of a strategic redirection.

​Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has signed up to deliver flexible capacity to Ireland’s frequency system services programme and the emerging single electricity market across the island after partnering with demand side response provider Enernoc.

​Highways England is on track to reach its targets for deployment of electric vehicle chargers next summer after revealing that 83% of its network is within 20 miles of a charger.

Octopus, the UK’s largest onshore renewables investor and owner of more than 1GW of utility-scale solar in the UK, has said that National Grid’s warnings of ‘summer low’ demand challenges are ringing true as the country continues to bask in a heatwave.