Infrastructure

A new study argues levy reforms and an AI roll out that boosts power demand could counterintuitively lead to lower domestic energy bills, but only if data centres are sensibly located and effectively managed

UK start-up ditches former name, RFC Power, as part of a major rebrand

Regulated Asset Base funding model and initial £1bn of public investment could mobilise a huge wave of private capital into heat network projects over coming decades, report claims

Plus Amazon deforestation plunges to lowest level since 2013, Google inks 15-year solar PPA, and Malaysia's new 10-year energy efficiency plan, in our round up of the top green business news from around the world the week

Regulator gives provisional green light to package of infrastructure and service upgrade projects worth £3.4bn proposed by water suppliers across England and Wales

Report warns lack of clarity on costs, timelines, and logistics for connecting factories to the power grid and is causing some firms to abandon electrification plans and remain reliant on fossil gas

Thousands of households in Britain could save up to £250 per year on their bill over the course of a decade starting from 2027 under forthcoming discount scheme

Cost of paying renewables operators to switch off during periods when grid capacity is constrained and firing up fossil gas plants instead could hit record high this year

NIC confirms investment alongside existing investors Ara Partners and Anesco management team in bid to deliver 7GW renewables pipeline

Consent granted for Llŷr Wind Farm, with around 2,000 jobs expected to be created during construction