The New Power Interview: Iwan Hughes, VPI Immingham
Janet Wood discussed the uncertainties of operating in the UK power market with Iwan Hughes, head of policy and regulation strategy at VPI Immingham.
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DSOs are key to the energy transition: support their Projects of Common Interest
Four European energy groups have written to EU policymakers to warn that rules on Projects of Common Interest, in their current form, are not up to the clean energy transition.
Opinion: Is innovation in energy starved of the fuel to grow?
Matthew Roderick says it is time to break into the ‘walled garden’ of energy consumption data
Editor's letter: The perils of winning government support
The tale of the Capacity Market is a salutary one for those who want to use government intervention to their benefit.
The heat service option opens
Bristol Energy has become the first energy supplier in the UK to trial selling ‘heat as a service’, offering households the chance to buy a tailored ‘Heat Plan’.
Sunk costs? Gas and the future of heat
While government grapples with policy decisions about how to decarbonise heat in the UK, consumers, the housing sector and industry have been taking individual decisons on how to meet the needs.
Trade off?
The power industry deals in some less obvious commodities. Janet Wood took a look at how the evolving energy mix is stimulating supply chains
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Look ahead
An occasional roundup of new developments that indicate the direction of travel of the power industry
Fears over charging reforms
Energy trade associations from the decentralised and decarbonised renewables sector have warned the government that Ofgem’s charging reforms are putting at risk a more flexible, low-carbon energy system.
Prices rise
From 1 April, the levels of the default tariff price cap will increase by £117 and pre-payment meter cap by £106 to reflect higher costs, Ofgem has announced.