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Building a well-integrated grid to link with offshore wind farms could give consumers savings of up to £3 billion according to research by the National Grid ESO. Image: Getty.

September 30, 2021

BEIS consults on re-coupling electricity trading with EU

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has launched a consultation into the potential of re-coupling Great Britain’s electricity auctions.

September 30, 2021

Starmer: Labour will tackle 'biggest issue of our time' through Green New Deal

In his speech at the annual Labour Party Conference, leader Keir Starmer outlined plans to bring forward a Green New Deal.

BP Ventures led the $25 million Series A funding round into BluSmart. Image: BP

September 30, 2021

BP invests £9.7 million in Indian EV charging start-up BluSmart

BP Ventures is continuing its emobility push with a $13 million (£9.7 million) investment into India’s first integrated electric vehicle (EV) ride hailing and charging business.

September 30, 2021

Ministers consider shifting green levies from electricity to gas

Ministers are set to propose switching green levies from electricity to gas, in an effort to encourage the uptake of heat pumps.

September 30, 2021

New DNV cybersecurity guidelines to arm power grid operators with 'effective force of defence'

DNV has published new guidelines for power transmission and distribution operators and equipment manufacturers on cybersecurity.

September 29, 2021

Current± Chats: Depsys' Gordon Fairley on using grid edge data to improve DSO fault resolution

September 29, 2021

ENSTROGA, Igloo Energy and Symbio Energy become latest suppliers to shutter

ENSTROGA, Igloo Energy and Symbio Energy have become the latest small suppliers to cease trading.

September 29, 2021

August ends strong five-month smart meter install run

The smart meter installation rate dipped below 200,000 in August, ending a five-month run.

Weather data will be used to determine if conductors could be sufficiently cooled by the surrounding environment to run further capacity through them. Image: NGET.

September 29, 2021

National Grid and Met Office to explore increasing renewables capacity using weather data

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) and the Met Office will use innovative weather data to help expand capacity on the electricity transmission network for renewables as part of a new £545,000 project.

September 28, 2021

Robotics in the energy sector value to hit £8.4bn by 2050

The global robotics market in the energy sector will be worth £8.4 billion by the middle of the century, according to new research from the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult.