England

In this guest blog Mollie McCorkindale, senior analyst at Solar Media Market Research, discusses how the UK onshore wind market is set to boom.

The UK and Ireland have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support offshore renewable energy and increase interconnectivity.

With yesterday’s (5 September) announcement that the UK government was to ease the de facto ban on onshore wind developments, the news has brought mixed reactions from across the industry.

Planning consent has been granted for a subsea “electricity superhighway” between Peterhead, Scotland, and Drax, England.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has revealed that electricity generated from renewable sources increased by 10.5% between 2021 and 2022.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution has revealed new plans to tender 287MW of new flexibility capacity this year.

The UK government has launched a campaign aiming to help small and medium-sized businesses increase energy efficiency and drive down energy bills.

The UK Government has released financial aid to 900,000 more households across England, Scotland and Wales as part of the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) route.

Co-op Energy has agreed to implement various energy efficiency measures after Ofgem found the company to have missed its Energy Company Obligation (ECO) with a shortfall of £35 million.