The UK should adopt a legal net zero emission target this year on the back of an increasingly strong scientific, technological, legal and political argument, think tank Bright Blue has recommended.

Energy regulator Ofgem has confirmed plans to close the ‘loophole’ surrounding green tariffs that would have exempted them from the looming price cap.

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has doubled down on its efforts to reduce its power’s carbon intensity, aiming to halve its emissions per kilowatt hour once again by 2030.

Energy suppliers have been urged to adopt ‘energy as a service’ models in order to help further the energy transition, with one industry representative calling for the end of bills measured in kilowatt hours.

The UK and Canada have announced an £11 million challenge to explore opportunities presented by smart grids and storage.

​The government’s head of smart energy has admitted that Brexit is causing delays in the passage of primary legislation to define energy storage, which may not be achieved until 2022.

Industry trade body Energy UK has said renewables should be fast-tracked into the Capacity Market and new, ‘revenue stabilisation’ Contracts for Difference auctions put into place as part of the Electricity Market Reform’s (EMR) five-year review.

Germany’s innogy has joined the European Network for Cyber Security (ENCS) in a bid to expand its cyber know-how.

Shell has continued to scale-up its interest in distributed energy by participating in a €60 million (£52.6 million) investment round by German battery storage firm sonnen.