Transport for London is planning to move to electric vehicles for its operational support fleet. It has begun market engagement on upgrading infrastructure across its network and installing electric vehicle charge points. It will look for a contractor to carry…
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SIF’s new challenges: heat flexibility, network development, Net Zero
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Ofgem and Innovate UK have announced four challenges to be addressed in the fourth round of the industry’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF). The round four challenges provide a focus for participating innovators and networks to develop new products, processes or…
Spring budget: the industry responds
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Rt Hon Philip Dunne MP, Chair, Environmental Audit Committee: “Delays in grid connection have been stifling opportunities for developing Net Zero Britain. I therefore welcomed the moves, announced last year, to reform the planning system to surge ahead with the…
Oxfordshire homes to start trial on using ‘smart’ devices and flexible energy management
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SMS and Oxfordshire County Council have received £5.3 million in funding from the UK Government’s Alternative Energy Markets Innovation Programme to find smart and flexible ways for households to use energy. The smart homes trial will involve up to 50,000…
Homes and businesses in Liverpool to be heated by water source heat pump
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Mersey Heat Energy Centre is set to provide heat to homes and businesses from a water source heat pump in a £2.5 million deal signed with Star Refrigeration Ltd . The energy centre is under construction at Peel Water’s Liverpool…
Shurgard to install EV points, wants storage sites to be logistics hubs
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Shurgard Self-Storage and LEAP24 have joined forces to install public fast-charging stations at all Shurgard locations in the UK and the Netherlands. The companies say they want the sites to be ‘emission-free last mile delivery and mobility hubs’. They say…
ACT NOW: what is a ‘just transition’ to New Zero in Wales?
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Stakeholders have just a week to respond to a Welsh government consultation into a ‘Just Transition’ in the Welsh context. The Welsh government has published a draft Just Transition Framework that it says: • Sets out a shared vision about…
Scottish wind farm operator agrees £5.53M redress payment
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Dorenell Windfarm Limited (DWL) has agreed to make a payment of £5.53 million into Ofgem’s Redress Fund, after accepting that it breached energy market rules. DWL generates electricity in Northern Scotland. Since 2020, DWL has regularly been required to reduce…
Ofgem rejects ‘cap and floor’ regime for six of seven interconnector proposals
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Ofgem is planning to offer a ‘cap and floor’ financial regime to just one of seven interconnector projects that sought to use the framework. The regulator considered whether to allow customers to underwrite returns on the schemes, in exchange for…
Northern Powergrid seeks more flexibility services from customers
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Northern Powergrid has invited customers to participate in its dynamic purchasing system (DPS) for Customer Flexibility Services. It wants to enable a local market for flexibility services by creating a level playing field for all providers as flexibility is an…