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News: Electricity
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Crown Estate agrees 10 wave and tidal farms
The Crown Estate has signed agreements for 10 offshore wave and tidal power developments in Scottish waters. The sites have... ...more »
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CEZ pulls out of Kosovo tender
CEZ has pulled out of a tender for a major power plant project in Kosovo, citing "significant" delays in the... ...more »
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Most of npower customers' credit insurance cover applications denied this year
Credit insurance withdrawals and application refusals remain a problem despite improvements since last year, according to npower. The firm said... ...more »
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Politicians and academics call for new-build nuclear inquiry
A group of academics and politicians including former Labour environment minister Michael Meacher and shadow Lib-Dem energy and climate change... ...more »
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ScottishPower cuts gas prices by 8 per cent
ScottishPower has announced gas price cuts, the last of the big six to do so. The company will reduce prices... ...more »
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Eon smart meter trial shows 9 per cent reduction in energy consumption
A smart metering project lead by Eon over the last 18 months has shown householders in Kettering are reducing energy... ...more »
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GE wins turbine upgrade contract for Little Barford's £100 million refit
RWE npower is to spend £100 million upgrading Little Barford power station, replacing turbines and control systems at the gas-fired... ...more »
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European regulators' group consults on power system adequacy
The European energy regulators group Ergeg has launched a consultation on the investment plans of European electricity utilities and whether... ...more »
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Eon to cut gas prices by 6 per cent
Eon has announced plans to cut gas prices for 1.9 million customers by 6 per cent from the end of... ...more »
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Government publishes advice for English regions on green power
The government has published new guidelines to help regional authorities assess the potential for renewable and low-carbon energy in their... ...more »
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Respond to our live smart metering discussion
Take a look at Utility Week's smart metering online debate. Feel free to post comments on any of the points... ...more »
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Government plans environmental survey of wave and tidal power
The government has announced plans to carry out the first comprehensive environmental assessment of wave and tidal energy in England... ...more »
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Nuclear new-build needs carbon price certainty, say developers
Nuclear new-build developers called on the government to set up a mechanism to support the carbon price, saying that without... ...more »
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Ofgem gives the industry one year to resolve liquidity problems
Ofgem has given the electricity industry one year to sort out its chronic liquidity problem by itself, or it will... ...more »
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CHP could help cut burden on grid
Too much faith is being placed in electricity and the grid's ability to deliver a low carbon future, a report... ...more »
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Price freezes won't be enough to help the fuel poor
Energy suppliers risk failing on their obligations to help their poorest customers unless they invest more in social tariffs and... ...more »
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Energy suppliers to take the lead in green homes strategy
Energy suppliers will have a major new role in helping make millions of UK homes more energy efficient by 2020... ...more »
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More funding for wave energy trials
A consortium of companies has been given €4.5 million funding from the European Commission to deploy a wave energy device... ...more »
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Ministers launch new drive to improve energy efficiency of existing homes
The government has launched a strategy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK's existing housing stock over the next... ...more »
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Iberdrola Renovables creates offshore wind division, will invest €1.9bn in UK over next three years
Iberdrola Renovables, a division of ScottishPower's parent company, says it will invest €9 billion between now and 2012 in wind... ...more »