Ofgem has announced that it will be requiring industry to develop changes to the current transmission charging approach. The energy watchdog has warned that it needs to implement a new transmission charging structure to better reflect the “costs placed on the system by all forms of generation, particularly renewable generators, which operate intermittently.”
Government is reportedly set to delay the much-anticipated electricity bill designed to attract increased investment in energy and help diversify the mix of generation technologies, particularly encouraging low-carbon methods.
Intersolar Europe is set to welcome the European solar industry to the Munich Trade Fair in Germany. The Fair, which will span over 180,000 square metres and house over 2,400 exhibitors, begins on June 11.
A Wigan-resident has turned to solar power to help insulate his family from spiraling energy costs and teach his children a vital lesson in renewable energy.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has appointed Dr Jeff Chapman as the Chair of the new Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Task Force.
Leeds-based GMI Renewable Energy has changed its trading name to ‘GMI Energy’. The construction services group has rebranded its renewables division to better reflect the wider scope of capabilities offered by the group.
Over 50 Greenpeace activists staged a protest at Centrica’s headquarters yesterday, barricading the front of the office with the ‘world’s biggest energy bill’.
