A US energy company has broken ground on a pilot programme described by one of the project partners as “the birth of a new thermal utility”. It will study whether a utility-scale networked geothermal system can be a viable and…

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Domestic energy supplier E.ON Next Energy Limited is to pay £5 million in compensation for poor standards of customer service, uncovered by an Ofgem review of the market. An Ofgem ‘deep dive’ review in 2022, focussed on customer service and…

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Energy supplier Ovo has launched a new OVO Solar package that includes installing solar panels and storage and a boosted Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) export tariff. Ovo Solar’s full package will include PV panels and batteries and a flat SEG…

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An Octopus Energy wind turbine is being installed at Glastonbury Festival. Octopus has also installed solar panels and a battery to store the energy produced. The wind turbine and solar panels will supply clean energy to a microgrid which will…

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SSE Generation secured ‘excessive payments’ from system operator NGESO for using its Foyers pumped storage plant, according to regulator Ofgem. As a consequence, Ofgem proposes to require the company to pay £9.78 million into the Energy Redress Fund  Ofgem said…

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Water company Pennon has acquired a 40GWh solar PV site in Dunfermline which is ready to build with consents in place, through Pennon Power Limited, a direct subsidiary to Pennon Group. The project is expected to commence generation in 2024,…

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JLEN Environmental Assets Group has successfully started up its first grid-scale battery project, the West Gourdie 50MW plant situated in Dundee, Scotland. The project will be operated by Flexitricity with Green Nation set to provide asset management services, while Anesco…

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A clash over future energy assets has delayed a decision on development consent for Net Zero Teesside (NZT). A decision on NZT was due to be taken by the Secretary of State on 10 May but it has been delayed…

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Co-called ‘hydrogen-ready’ boilers are technically identical to standard boilers and are likely to run mainly on methane for most or all their lifetimes, says the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). The competition watchdog has raised concerns over misleading messaging about…

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UK Power Networks is installing its first ‘clean air’ gas insulated switchgear (GIS) operating at 132kV, as part of a substation upgrade in Lewes, East Sussex. Instead of using sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) as insulation the GIS uses dehumidified oxygen and…

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