Local planning authorities in the UK face resource constraints that limit their ability to engage with energy planning, and many planning officers lack the expertise to engage with energy planning processes effectively.
The UK government is considering proposals to make community benefits a legal obligation for developers building onshore and offshore wind and solar PV.
To understand more about the way that FES maps the future and what effect the pathways have on the electricity system, Current± spoke to Jonty Haynes, principal analyst at Regen.
Centre of energy expertise Regen has released a new report signalling that a strategic and planned approach to network investment could help deliver transformational value.
Data from Cornwall Insight’s independent research paper, Integrate to Net Zero, has shown that the widespread use of integrated energy solutions could save the UK’s wholesale energy market over £13 billion a year by 2035 - a 25% total cost reduction.
Regen's Merlin Hyman and Aurora's Tom Smout shared their predictions for what 2023 has in store for the energy sector in the latest edition in our Current± Predicts series.
Regen, on behalf of six trade bodies, has called on the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Secretary Grant Shapps to address network constraints with many facing connectivity delays of up to 15 years.
