The figure is little more than a third of the £15 million prize pool which was up for grabs through the first tier portfolio reward (FTPR) scheme.
DNOs awarded £5.5m for ‘exceptional’ innovation Read More »
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has launched a consultation on a set of ‘milestones’ generation developers will have to meet or risk losing their network connection.
DNOs could be given greater powers to free up network capacity Read More »
Based on feedback from customers, the regulator said all six DNOs have fallen short of expectations and could see their revenues reduced via an incentive mechanism within the RIIO framework.
DNOs face penalties over subpar connection services Read More »
District network operators have been accused of making annual average profits of 32% during the first half of this decade, according to a new analysis, which has been branded as ‘deeply flawed’ by the ENA.
DNOs pocket 32 per cent profits, claims thinktank Read More »
The price controls do not impose sufficient penalties on distribution network operators (DNOs) for inflating their cost forecasts, according to Helen Poulter of the Exeter Energy Policy Group.
DNOs still able to ‘game the system’ under RIIO Read More »
The panel event on low carbon heating followed the government’s recent announcement in the clean growth strategy, published a fortnight ago, that it had identified three options for decarbonising heating.
Discarding gas grid would be ‘insanity’ Read More »
Data is such a buzzword in current business parlance that it is worth taking a moment to consider its true meaning. According to the Cambridge English dictionary, data is information collected to be considered to help decision making.
Small business innovators with novel technologies are disrupting the energy sector, bringing benefits to customers and accelerating UK energy system transformation.
Disruptive technologies rewarded at UK Energy Innovation Awards Read More »
The district heat and power project in Gateshead will become part of Flexitricity’s demand response network. The project will receive in excess of £60,000 per year over the next 15 years by providing capacity to National Grid.
District energy scheme to get £1m boost from DSR Read More »
District heat networks were gifted an unexpected pot of money from the government in last year’s Budget. The government committed to provide £320 million in capital support over the next five years. This investment is expected to fund 200 heat networks that will supply the equivalent of more than 400,000 homes and leverage £2 billion of private investment.At the end of last month the government launched a consultation asking how the money should best be spent and monitored.
District heat: an attractive investment? Read More »
