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Scale of water company 'poor performance' laid bare in UK regulators' review
Government promises 'root-and-branch' water sector reform after regulators publish first-of-a-kind joint performance review
Business Green
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Top stories from Thursday 29 October 2026
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The four wind farms that could cut UK power prices by 12% – and raise investment risk
An extra 20TWh of wind power could dramatically change UK electricity prices within the next year, according to a Recharge analysis
Recharge News - #3
Ofgem to reform PPM rules as part of government’s new energy debt strategy
Utility Week - #4
Digital Weekly: Lessons from Ukraine - why the UK’s grid needs to get flexible
Utility Week - #5
Healey’s autumn Budget kicks off the gas doom loop
Scrapping the standing charge will accelerate households’ move towards alternatives such as heat pumps
Financial Times Energy - #6
Could a ski slope atop a waste plant hold the key to the UK’s heating woes?
Copenhagen’s waste-to-energy plant is part of a network that heats 98 per cent of the city. By 2050, the UK government wants networks like this to serve a fifth of the country’s heating demand. But will it be as cheap and reliable as promised?
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China poses growing threat to critical energy infrastructure, reports warn
A Polish think tank and Danish military intelligence both point to Beijing’s push to control digital energy technology. Danish industry groups are calling for common EU rules on high-risk suppliers.
EnergyWatch - #8
Ofwat picks new £15m independent monitor for Thames Water
Utility Week - #9
Refresco to install 'UK's largest' commercial solar rooftop array in Somerset
Multi-site solar programme includes an 8.5MW array on the drinks bottler's Somerset manufacturing site which it expects to be the largest of its kind in the UK once complete
Business Green - #10
UK may be missing out on cheap CO2 removal via biomethane, Cadent warns
Utility Week - #11
Siemens Gamesa and Equinor warned over floating wind safety breaches
Auditors issued warnings to oil major Equinor and turbine supplier Siemens Gamesa after finding nine violations of safety regulations at the Hywind Tampen project – the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm.
Windpower Monthly - #12
Guidance: Smart meter In-Home Display: voluntary replacement principles
Principles to ensure consumers can obtain a functioning smart meter In-Home Display (IHD) from their energy supplier.
DESNZ (Gov.uk) - #13
Zero-emission boiler company Luthmore secures £4.5m funding boost
Funding to enable rollout of flagship Luthmore One boiler, which is being positions as an alternative green heating technology to heat pumps
Business Green - #14
Preparing the gas market for a more diverse energy system
Utility Week - #15
Equinor says Afrodite gas volumes could be more than double earlier estimate
Appraisal well near the Kvitebjørn field lifts recoverable gas and condensate to 77 million to 180 million barrels of oil equivalent, and Equinor is studying a subsea development.
EnergyWatch