OVO Energy has committed to eliminating its customer’s household emissions and fit five million homes with flexible, clean energy technologies as part of a wide-ranging carbon-cutting initiative dubbed ‘Plan Zero’.
Up to £70 million in new funding for innovative energy tech firms is up for grabs after network operators and the Energy Networks Association launched its Call for Ideas under the Network Innovation Competition (NIC).
Global renewables capacity must increase eight-fold and more than US$1.5 trillion invested into grids worldwide to help reverse the climate emergency, research body DNV GL has said.
The UK recorded a new grid carbon intensity low last weekend, as the country enjoyed extensive periods of fifth carbon budget-compliant power generation.
A strong carbon price is "essential" but can’t facilitate decarbonisation alone, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said.
Ørsted remains on track to deliver what it’s described as “one of the most ambitious green transformations” in the energy sector after it reported steady growth in H1 2019.
Ofgem has published a new open letter consultation as it ramps up its preparations for the next set of networks price controls.
National Grid ESO has signed an agreement with energy tech firm Reactive Technologies for measuring system inertia in real-time.
RWE is to close its 1.56GW Aberthaw B coal-fired power station in March 2020, taking the UK’s operational coal fleet down to four.