Octopus Energy has launched a scheme to encourage landowners to register interest in hosting an onshore wind turbine on their land, after which Octopus would match them up with community interest in order to accelerate the roll out wind power in the UK.
While the British Energy Security Strategy included ambitious targets, it was missing policy on demand side reduction, support for customers, onshore wind and energy efficiency.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has criticised the lack of governmental support for onshore wind, highlighting that by 2035 the shortfall in the rollout of the technology could cost each household £125.
Current± is running a snap webinar in response to the British energy security strategy, to discuss what opportunities it has created and to ask how achievable the ambitions set out within it are.
SSE has renewed its call for policy support for long-duration electricity storage (LDES), following the government’s British Energy Security Strategy.
Yesterday’s British Energy Security Strategy has been met with disappointment from many in the energy sector, who have branded it a ‘missed opportunity'. Current± takes a look at how the industry has responded to the strategy.
Following on from yesterday’s (7 April) energy security strategy, the government has launched a £375 million support package for nuclear, hydrogen and carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).