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Research by Energy Systems Catapult outlines the huge opportunities offered by rolling out renewables in conjunction with emerging flexible grid technologies

French utility to acquire owner of electricity cables and power lines across London, south-east and east of England A French utility has agreed to buy the owner of the electricity cables and power lines across London, the south-east and the east of England in a deal worth £10.5bn. Paris-headquartered Engie said on Wednesday that it had struck a deal to buy UK Power Networks (UKPN) in a “major milestone” for the company’s ambition to become the “best energy transition utility”. Continue reading...

Traditional way of monitoring health of wind turbine blades no longer cuts it, says industry leader, claiming new method can cut repair costs tenfold

Traditional way of monitoring health of wind turbine blades no longer cuts it, says industry leader, claiming new method can cut repair costs tenfold

Google aims to scale up next generation technologies like geothermal, nuclear and long duration energy storage this year, Lucia Tian, the company’s head of advanced energy technologies said at the BloombergNEF Summit in San Francisco.

French utility to purchase UK Power Networks from Hong Kong’s CK Infrastructure Holdings

Ofgem cap drops by 7% to £1,641 a year for consumers’ average gas and electricity costs Business live – latest updates Annual energy bills will fall by £117 for millions of households from April after Rachel Reeves’s plan to cut £150 a year from bills was partly foiled by rising costs. The energy regulator Ofgem’s quarterly cap will fall by 7% a year for the three months from April to £1,641 for the average combined gas and electricity bill in Great Britain, from £1,758 under the current January-March cap. Continue reading...

Deal to collaborate on atomic energy, AI and quantum computing was paused as part of wider trade wrangling

Watson Farley & Williams has advised RWE on its contract with Vestas for the supply of turbines to its Vanguard West offshore wind project.

Sometime around 1989 or the early 1990s, Carlo Rubbia, the Director-General of CERN, put together a special working group with instructions to design a way to generate electricity using radioactive materials that would be different from anything that had come before. The method had to do its work without producing ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh survey findings reveal robust support for solar and wind across all age groups and voters, but potential challenges for government in communicating net zero policy

Moray West project developed by Engie and EDP Renewables joint venture has suffered numerous setbacks and missed agreed contractual milestone under power purchase agreement

Typical households will pay £1,641 per year, down from £1,758 after energy efficiency scheme scrapped

Scheme extended by another year and will now offer eligible businesses and households up to £500 off a new charger

A further 1.89 million people will face the highest risk of flooding if emissions and climate impacts are left unchecked, new analysis claims