‘Flexibilities’ in meeting the UK’s fourth and fifth carbon budgets remain “on the table” despite hefty criticism from the government’s climate change watchdog.

Ofgem has published its proposals for a radical overhaul of how it controls the cost of the UK’s energy networks.

Nissan has unveiled a strategic partnership with energy giant E.On to further develop its vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging capabilities across Europe.

Prime Minister Theresa May has said she wants to maintain “broad energy co-operation” with the European Union (EU) post-Brexit.

Pod Point has become one of the first to launch a 150kW ready rapid charger in anticipation of a new wave of electric vehicles to have larger batteries and a need for faster charging, while dutch company Fastned has gone further with a 350kW charger.

Vattenfall has announced plans to invest up to €100 million in developing solar plants over the next two years.

Northern Powergrid has launched a six-stage plan to reduce losses and carbon emissions across its network, utilising smart meter data to enhance its knowledge of the 3.9 million homes and businesses it serves.

RedT Energy has won a £750,000 grant from the UK government to further develop its flow machine technology in the latest push for long duration energy storage technologies.

Shell has competed its acquisition of First Utility and immediately placed one of its VPs Colin Crooks in charge.

The Competitions and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into the proposed merger of SSE Retail and Npower.