Regulation

The previous government’s de facto ban on onshore wind farms meant the UK missed out on as much as £900 million in economic output, according to consultancy and advisory firm Turley.

The latest state of the market report from the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has revealed a sharp rise in smart time of use tariffs over the past year.

Energy regulator Ofgem has officially approved grid connections reform that will remove ‘zombie’ projects from the queue and connect renewable energy projects that are most needed.

Ofgem has appointed Transmission Capital Partners as its preferred bidder for the 882MW Moray West offshore wind power plant.

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has released a decision on the needs-case justification for the potential first project to be tendered through the new onshore electricity transmission early competition framework.

The UK government and Singaporean bank OCBC have announced a partnership to facilitate £10 billion in investment into the UK.

UK energy supplier Rebel Energy has ceased trading with its CEO citing a “perfect storm of rising wholesale costs”.

Ofgem has published its decision that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) be appointed as Interim Data Sharing Infrastructure (DSI) Coordinator.

Nichola Hay MBE, director of apprenticeship strategy and policy at global education business BPP, argues that while the green transition is creating some new green jobs, including green skills within existing industries and occupations is more important.

Cornwall Insight has forecast that July’s default tariff cap will drop to be less than the price cap for both the current period and April.