The government has published a long-awaited suite of announcements on plans for a new Contract for Difference allocation round, whether there is justification for supporting onshore wind in Scottish islands, and the future of coal-fired generation. BEIS said an allocation round…

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Ofgem has accepted legally binding commitments from SSE after its investigation into competition concerns at the company. The energy regulator investigated whether the company’s behaviour could have impeded competition for connecting new developments to its electricity distribution network in the South…

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The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched the fifth round of its Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, which will offer £9m in capitals grants to to support the development of innovative technologies in the areas of energy efficiency, power generation,…

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Maximising flexibility could reduce the cost of managing a decarbonised electricity system by £5 billion per year, Policy Exchange says in a new report, Power 2.0. That figure has been estimated by Imperial College researchers, it says, but but under…

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The National Infrastructure Commission is seeking views to help shape the country’s first ever National Infrastructure Assessment. As well as questions on issues that cut across all types of infrastructure, such as resilience, the commission wants views on the following…

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JDR Cables in Hartlepool will design and manufacture nearly 250 kilometres of subsea power cables for Hornsea Project One, 120 km off the Yorkshire coast. The contract – which is the largest array cable award in JDR’s history – will see the company design and manufacture 242km…

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European utilities want to sell assets and the price they are prepared to sell for has fallen, according to a new report from EY. EY’s annual benchmarking report on European utilities’ asset impairments said, “power and utilities companies will ……

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The UK will need to upgrade the current networks infrastructure if it is to create a low carbon energy system, according to a new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Current governance and regulatory frameworks are not designed to…

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Generic Design Approval (GDA) for the nuclear reactor to be constructed at Wylfa is on track for December 2017, according to the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), after developer Hitachi-GE provided answers to a ‘serious regulatory shortfall’. Of major concern…

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3i Infrastructure plc (“3i Infrastructure”) has signed an agreement to invest approximately £185m to acquire 100% of Infinis plc and its subsidiaries, which together own the landfill gas (LFG) interests of the Infinis Group. Infinis is the leading generator of…

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