West Burton B power station. Image: EDF.
December 16, 2020

EDF fined £6m for sending ‘false or misleading signals’ to National Grid ESO

​EDF has agreed to pay Ofgem £6 million for breaching its electricity generation license, having regularly sent misleading signals to National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO).
Image: Drax.
December 16, 2020

Drax to focus on BECCS following £193.3m sale of CCGTs

​Drax has sold on Drax Generation Enterprise to VPI Holdings, passing on its four CCGT plants in the process.
Octopus Energy, Good Energy and E.On pay £8 million due to missed payments to customers. Image: Getty.
December 16, 2020

Second lockdown 'potentially impacted' smart meter installations as November sees 7% drop

Lockdown may have impacted smart meter installations during England’s second lockdown, according to data from Electralink.
Image: NewMotion
December 16, 2020

NewMotion seals Fiat Chrysler deal to provide EV charging services across 12 countries

​NewMotion has secured a new partnership with Fiat Chrysler Automobile’s (FCA) to provide its business customers with electric vehicle (EV) charging services across 12 countries.
December 15, 2020

Current±​ Chats: ENA's Randolph Brazier on the importance of data for transport electrification

The Vulnerability Commitment’s signatories include Octopus Energy
December 15, 2020

Reactive Technologies forms strategic partnership with Accenture following investment

​Reactive Technologies has received an investment from global professional services firm Accenture to help accelerate the commercialisation of grid data for utilities.
The implications of the NIS Directive for UK energy companies
December 15, 2020

National Grid launches ‘first of its kind' coordinated system to increase renewable energy connections

​National Grid ESO, National Grid Electricity Transmission and UK Power Networks (UKPN) have launched a new system to enable increased renewable energy connections through greater network visibility.
BEIS will be split into three new departments
December 15, 2020

Energy white paper broadly welcomed by industry as 'vital piece of net zero jigsaw'

The energy industry has its say on the government's energy white paper, which was released yesterday and details its decarbonisation plans.
California’s sun sharing the perfect model for European electricity
December 15, 2020

Energy white paper: Modelling suggests wind and solar generation could quadruple by 2050

​Modelling as part of the government’s long-awaited energy white paper shows that wind and solar generation could more than quadruple by 2050.
ADE: ‘recent governmental moves risk undermining positive climate action’. Image: Getty Images.
December 14, 2020

Current± Predicts: The energy transition in 2021, part two

Part two of the Current± Predicts series sees Invinity's ​Ed Porter and Landis+Gyr's Simon Egan and Nick Merricks comment on what how they think the energy sector will change in 2021.

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