Ofgem has agreed to allow National Grid to implement an amnesty for up to 50 energy transmission developments that are contributing to a logjam for new, renewable projects trying to connect to the grid.
Each of these projects has signed a Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) contract with National Grid agreeing to…
The time taken to build clean electricity transmission infrastructure in the UK is between 12 and 14 years but now an independent commissioner has called on the government to take action to halve that.
Electricity networks commissioner Nick Winser was tasked by the government to assess how deployment of green energy…
A leading offshore wind technology manufacturer has stated that in order to meet power capacity targets of reaching net zero by 2030 set by government, the UK needs to build 24 new farms over the next seven years.
The analysis by ABB Energy has shown that to increase the UK’s offshore…
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the Scottish Western Isles Council, is continuing to call for a 1,800MW electricity transmission link instead of the planned 600MW one despite later completion date.
In July National Grid recommended that a planned 600MW electricity transmission link, due to be completed by 2027, should be abandoned in…
Ofgem has given provisional approval for two new subsea interconnectors between Scotland and north England, each with a capacity of 2GW and worth a combined £3.4bn.
The subsea links would become a green energy superhighway, taking energy from Scotland’s offshore windfarms and sending it to demand centres in England, providing enough…
A committee set up by the government has published a 10-point action plan to improve the UK's power resilience after blackouts left 1M people without power last August.
The report by the Energy Emergencies Executive Committee (E3C) makes 10 recommendations to prevent a similar event happening again. The committee comprises officials from the…
Energy companies have been fined £10.5M for power cuts which left 1M people without power and severely disrupted transport systems in August last year.
The money will go into energy regulator Ofgem's redress fund, which is used to fund charity-led energy schemes. The regulator has concluded that two power stations, Hornsea One…
Energy providers have been told to invest more money to decarbonise the power market by the sector's regulator.
Energy regulator Ofgem has demanded providers invest in carbon reduction research as part of its framework for the next round of electricity distribution price controls. Ofgem’s price controls set the revenue monopoly that network…
Utility regulators such as Ofgem, Ofwat and Ofcom need new powers to help the UK reach its climate change goals, National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) chief Sir John Armit has said.
In a new report the Commission has concluded that while the current regulatory model has mostly achieved what it was set…
Scottish & Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to remove two long stretches of electricity pylons and bury power cables across the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
Two sections of overhead cabling totalling 12km will be removed, along with 46 steel lattice pylon towers. The power line will then be buried beneath the park. Energy regulator Ofgem is providing £31M…
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