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Researchers at Imperial College London have warned against the use of renewable energy models that fail to take into account the reliability of supply.

‘Flexibilities’ in meeting the UK’s fourth and fifth carbon budgets remain “on the table” despite hefty criticism from the government’s climate change watchdog.

Vattenfall has announced plans to invest up to €100 million in developing solar plants over the next two years.

Shell has competed its acquisition of First Utility and immediately placed one of its VPs Colin Crooks in charge.

The Competitions and Markets Authority has opened an investigation into the proposed merger of SSE Retail and Npower.

SmartestEnergy has handed Origami Energy a technology contract to manage its clients’ energy assets and consumption.

Two of the country’s Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) have said they are tackling the issue of so-called ‘grid grabbers’ through greater interventions in the country’s grid connection queues.

The government has confirmed that it will seek an exemption for green energy tariffs from its looming price cap.

Octopus Energy has taken the plunge and is now offering customers cash in exchange for taking excess electricity off the grid at times of negative pricing in an extension of its ‘transparent’ tracker tariff released last year.