‘Grab cheap capital’, say investors
“Capital has never been cheaper and it probably won’t get much lower. The question should be ‘how can we build more today and lock in that low cost of capital for decades?’”.
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Gas and CCS policies ‘inconsistent’
Without carbon capture and storage (CCS), gas cannot act as a ‘bridging’ technology to meet 2050 greenhouse gas targets.
Project Nexus: change in scope aims to avoid missed deadline
A programme to replace the charging and settlement process in the UK gas system has been split in two to try to keep the main project on track.
Decc and Ofgem’s energy vision: half-hourly settlement and smart networks
Dramatic changes in energy have been floated by both the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) and regulator Ofgem.
Handing it over: new websites offer to do all the switch work for customers
Fine ambitions on increasing customer switching run into one problem: it’s a tedious business, and one that leaves you uncertain, on switching sites, whether you really have got a better deal. Janet Wood spoke to two companies hoping to take the pressure off domestic consumers – and one hoping to get small businesses more active
No turning back the tide of switchers
Consumers are becoming increasingly better informed and sophisticated: the internet gives them the tools to change and their expectations are driven by service they have experienced in other sectors.
The New Power Interview: Jill Cainey, Director, Electricity Storage Network
We need storage immediately to help solve growing network and supply problems, says Jill Cainey. That means a new framework – and looking again at DNOs’ regulatory settlement, she told Janet Wood
Water, water everywhere?
Changes to the licensing regime for water abstraction threatened to raise costs and risk for hydro plants and for generators who use water for cooling. New proposals partially ease those fears, as Karma Ockenden explains
Are we about to say farewell to coal?
As Decc prepares to consult on taking UK coal plants off the system by the mid-2020s, Janet Wood looks at the options.
Climate change tops WEF list of global risks over the coming decade
Climate change, and fears over lack of mitigation or adaptation, has been rated the top risk on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) 11th annual Global Risks Report.