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PM Liz Truss announced the Energy Price Guarantee on 8 September

October 1, 2021

Elexon expels Igloo Energy and ENSTROGA from the BSC

Two more suppliers have been removed from Elexon’s Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) following their collapse earlier this week.

September 30, 2021

Ministers consider shifting green levies from electricity to gas

Ministers are set to propose switching green levies from electricity to gas, in an effort to encourage the uptake of heat pumps.

September 29, 2021

ENSTROGA, Igloo Energy and Symbio Energy become latest suppliers to shutter

ENSTROGA, Igloo Energy and Symbio Energy have become the latest small suppliers to cease trading.

September 29, 2021

August ends strong five-month smart meter install run

The smart meter installation rate dipped below 200,000 in August, ending a five-month run.

Hudson Energy Supply UK was rebranded as Shell Energy in 2020. Image: Shell Energy.

September 28, 2021

Shell Energy takes on failed supplier Green’s customers

Shell Energy has been appointed as Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) for Green Supplier Limited, which collapsed last week.

Octopus Energy was set up five years ago

September 27, 2021

Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management takes 13% stake in Octopus Energy

Generation Investment Management has taken a stake in Octopus Energy Group as part of a $600 million (£438 million) deal to accelerate global green energy efforts.

Origin ‘upgrades’ FY2023 energy market outlook due to strong contribution from Octopus Energy. Image: Octopus Energy.

September 27, 2021

Octopus Energy appointed as Supplier of Last Resort for Avro

Ofgem has appointed Octopus Energy to take on the customers of failed supplier Avro Energy.

The project was launched earlier this year

September 25, 2021

Moroccan solar-plus-wind to be linked to GB in 'ground-breaking' Xlinks project

New solar and wind under development in Morocco is to be linked with Britain, with developer Xlinks also seeking to develop a cable manufacturing industry.

ADE: ‘recent governmental moves risk undermining positive climate action’. Image: Getty Images.

September 24, 2021

Businesses call for end to unabated gas in Britain’s electricity system by 2035

Businesses have called on the government to set an end date for the use of unabated gas in the electricity sector in the UK.

Image of the IFA2 National Grid Interconnector

September 23, 2021

PODCAST: What’s causing Europe’s power market volatility; M&A and investing flows into energy storage

As power prices across Europe continue to go haywire, Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe attempt to explain the numerous contributing factors in this month’s episode of the Solar Media Podcast.