Battery storage capacity is set to grow by up to 100-fold between now and 2020 as developers come to terms with sudden and steep cuts to renewable subsidies, according to the consultancy firm.
Developers pin hopes on batteries as renewables flatline Read More »
As well as helping to tackle carbon emissions, the 27 low-carbon heat projects benefiting from the money will potentially lower energy bills in local areas, tackle fuel poverty, and create jobs, Decc said.
Decc offers £1.5m funding boost to heat networks Read More »
In an evidence session of the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) this week Decc said the proposed legislation will “allow Ofgem to adopt the appropriate and best answer for the consumer in the particular circumstance”.
Decc refuses to ‘tie Ofgem’s hands’ on onshore tendering Read More »
Speaking to me just days after National Grid held a roundtable discussion in association with Network entitled ‘Creating infrastructure policy in an uncertain world’, Brackley is in a reflective mood.
Dealing with uncertainty Read More »
Acknowledging the importance that consumers must be able to trust tariffs marketed as ‘green’ will in fact be just that, Ofgem is succumbing to growing concerns about ‘greenwashing’ and promises to ‘ensure that consumers are not misled’, say some commentators.
Decarbonisation Action Plan targets greenwashed energy tariffs Read More »
Greg Clark is the secretary of state for a newly created Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
It was a busy summer for our energy future, including the start of the RIIO 2 process for network regulation, an independent review of electricity costs, a commitment to clean transport, and the publication of the BEIS/Ofgem Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan in July.
David Smith: Turning up the network heat Read More »
Over the past year the Somerset coast has become a hive of activity where the new Hinkley Point C nuclear power station is being built, on one of the largest construction sites in Europe.
Cutting the cost of the networks Read More »
However, the move has brought criticism from industry bodies and energy companies, which fear that increased charges for some smaller generators of renewable electricity will disincentivise them and reduce the amount of green electricity, and electricity storage capacity, available on the grid.
Critics fear Ofgem’s charging review will stifle renewables Read More »
Discussion at a Power Responsive steering group in January, held by National Grid, pinpointed the “slow and consultation heavy” design and implementation process as being damaging to investor confidence in new or recent assets such as diesel and battery storage.
Consultations are damaging investor confidence in storage Read More »
