The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has launched a series of innovation challenges, to harness Britain’s world-leading experience in oil and gas for the growing offshore renewables market, which is set to spend £210 billion in the coming decade. The…

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On October 10 Ofgem will start the fifth tender round for offshore transmission owners (OFTOs), where companies will bid to become owners of five transmission links to offshore wind farms. The five links have an estimated value of £2bn in…

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‘Electric nation’ is looking for 500-700 people buying or leasing new electric vehicles (including pure electric and plug-in hybrids) to take part in the UK’s largest electric vehicle trial. The  trial aims to to ensure the UK can charge electric…

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A new  energy switching service that automatically switches users to the cheapest available tariff, while constantly checking that they are on the best deal, has launched in the UK. The Intelligent Assistant compares households’ usage patterns with both established and…

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The spin off of Ofgem’s ‘E-serve’ arm is likely to happen in 2018, “notionally in April”, Luke Hargreaves, head of renewables at the regulator’s administration body, told an Energy Institute meeting. He said he expected more information about the split…

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Ratings agency Moody’s has downgraded EDF’s ratings to A3/P-2 with a stable outlook. The rating related to EDF’s long-term issuer and senior unsecured ratings, which were formerly A2. The company’s perpetual junior subordinated debt ratings were downgraded to Baa3 from Baa2…

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Northern Ireland’s infrastructure minister Chris Hazzard has announced a review of planning policies on renewable energy and countryside development, expected to be completed in 2018. Speaking as he announced the review, Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard said: “As Minister with responsibility…

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The renewables industry has to unionise and offer better conditions to its workforce, Labour energy and international trade shadow secretary Barry Gardiner said today. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Party conference, Gardiner said: “There is a problem…

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UK Power Reserve (UKPR) has made significant progress at three new power stations totaling nearly 60MW of capacity. The gas-fired generators at Bristol Road, Tonypandy and Carrington are part of UKPR’s 524MW development portfolio. The projects reuse previous gas work…

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SmartestEnergy is issuing 500 UK companies Energy Labels, which specify the source and carbon content of the clean electricity these companies buy. The labels are designed to boost the renewables industry and provide increased confidence to business consumers.  The labels look like…

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