16th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
Ofgem has lowered the amount of money it will pay the National Grid to connect Hinkley Point C to the power network by £80m. National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) had originally requested £717m to connect the UK’s first nuclear power station in over 30 years, but has been granted just £637m. Half of the reduction…Read more
14th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
UK renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuel power plants over the past three months, in a new first for the country, analysis suggests. The months of July, August and September were the first quarterly period in which renewables outpaced fossil fuels since the UK’s first public power generating station opened in 1882, climate website…Read more
13th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
Anti-fracking protestors have hailed the “death of fracking” in the UK after major company Cuadrilla reportedly started removing equipment from its testing area in Lancashire. The move comes after fracking at the Preston New Road site in Lancashire was blamed for a series of minor earthquakes in August. Earlier this month, Friends of the Earth…Read more
11th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
UK energy regulator Ofgem should have a statutory duty to promote the achievement of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to a report from the National Infrastructure Commissions (NIC). The country will fail to reach its net zero goal unless Ofgem is given new powers to ensure investment in sustainable infrastructure, the NIC…Read more
10th October 2019 | Commercial Energy
With a government commitment to reduce emissions to net-zero by 2050, it has become even more important to look at how households can be encouraged to move towards low-carbon heating systems, a group of industry experts has said at a Liquid Gas UK Fringe Event at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester. Lesley Rudd, Chief…Read more
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