This week has seen some major policy revelations ahead of the autumn budget announcement on 30 October, as well as novel EV technologies revealed and wind development milestones for EDF.
Energy ministers from the Scottish, Welsh and UK governments have asked the newly formed National Energy System Operator (NESO) to provide a blueprint for Great Britain’s energy infrastructure out to 2050.
The Energy Crisis Commission (ECC) has found that the UK needs to accelerate its low-carbon transition to improve its resilience to another energy crisis.
A poll of UK members of parliament carried out by YouGov for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) shows that 94% of MPs support the target of net zero by 2050.
In a move that it says will “transform the housing market”, utility Octopus Energy will work with housing construction companies to target 100,000 ‘Zero Bills’ homes by 2030.
The UK government says £88 million of joint government and industry investment has been awarded to various projects focusing on zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) technologies.
A coalition of battery storage developers, including Zenobē, Eelpower, Harmony Energy and Field Energy, has penned a letter to the UK government and ESO ahead of its transformation to a National Energy System Operator (NESO).
Ofgem has published an open letter providing an update on the processes it is undertaking to progress key initiatives from the November 2023 Connections Action Plan (CAP).
The UK government has announced its decision to class data centres as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), the designation given to energy and water systems.
