The chief executive of Drax expects the company’s biomass power plant to still be in operation in the 2050s. Speaking with Utility Week, Will Gardiner said that contracts with data centres will ensure ...

Energy minister Michael Shanks has pledged to explore a proposal to impose a new infrastructure co-ordination levy on major projects. Labour MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter proposed a new levy on all ...

A charity has urged electricity network operators to follow SSEN Distribution in delivering free home battery packs to ...

A Cornish developer has switched on a power plant which is the first in the UK to generate electricity from the Earth's heat. Geothermal Engineering Ltd (GEL) hailed a "landmark step" as it started ...

The government should develop a strategy to “gracefully wind down the gas network” as greater numbers of heat pumps are installed, So Energy’s head of regulation has said. Paul Fuller told Utility ...

Water companies have warned Ofwat that the complexity of a forthcoming demand-growth reopener could have a "chilling effect" ...

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) will not “stop the clock” on the 90-day window for accepting a Gate 2 connection offer, even if it includes an error that needs to be resolved. Explaining ...

The volume of customers who plunge into debt after moving into a new home is even higher than Ofgem has calculated, Scottish Power has estimated. In a consultation paper, published in December, the ...

A bill has been presented in the parliament that will nominate the UK’s chalk streams as a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site. In a parliament meeting on 25 February, Liberal Democrat MP Pippa ...

Energy Systems Catapult has warned that vehicle-to-grid (V2G) growth will be stunted without a mandate requiring all electric vehicle (EV) chargers to allow bi-directional electricity flow. This would ...

The unforeseen rise in transmission charges in some parts of the country – the north of Scotland in particular – could eventually lead to the early closure of some wind farms, Scottish Renewables has ...

The government must put a stop to a “misleading narrative” that implies the gas grid is set to be decommissioned, networks have warned. In response to the consultation by the Department of Energy ...