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Grid

Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

Energy

Renewables overtake fossil fuels in 2020 as Britain's power grid enjoys 'greenest year' yet

But Imperial College London analysis warns emerging technologies and negative emission power plants are likely to be needed to unlock full decarbonisation of the grid

clock 15 February 2021 •
Green recovery: Energy networks and Ofgem earmark £300m for green grid projects

Infrastructure

Green recovery: Energy networks and Ofgem earmark £300m for green grid projects

Major new grid spending plan confirmed as networks look to help drive green recovery

clock 08 February 2021 •
Global energy networks join forces to boost renewables rollout

Energy

Global energy networks join forces to boost renewables rollout

Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST) aims to overcome technical barriers to energy grids dominated by intermittent wind and solar

clock 22 October 2020 •
Ofgem to probe record £718m grid balancing costs during Covid-19 lockdown

Energy

Ofgem to probe record £718m grid balancing costs during Covid-19 lockdown

Energy regulator's three month review geared at better managing UK grid costs in future as more renewables and green technologies come online

clock 19 August 2020 •
'Turn Britain's streets green': Ofgem unveils plan to prep local grids for EV surge

Energy

'Turn Britain's streets green': Ofgem unveils plan to prep local grids for EV surge

Proposals for next electricity distribution price control period geared at developing more flexible grid for EVs, electric heating, batteries and digitisation

clock 30 July 2020 •
'Progress can be both quiet and spectacular': Britain's power grid emissions hit record lows

Energy

'Progress can be both quiet and spectacular': Britain's power grid emissions hit record lows

Electricity grid smashed several records over the bank holiday weekend, with low demand and high renewables output cutting both CO2 and flexible tariff prices

clock 26 May 2020 •
Record (circuit) breakers: UK Power Networks trials 'world's fastest' green grid technology

Infrastructure

Record (circuit) breakers: UK Power Networks trials 'world's fastest' green grid technology

New devices trialled on London's electricity network have the potential to ease rollout of renewable heat and power while delivering cost savings, UKPN claims

clock 07 February 2020 •
UK enjoys record-breaking coal-free Easter

Energy

UK enjoys record-breaking coal-free Easter

As climate protests dominated the news agenda, the UK grid managed an unbroken 90 hours without generating electricity from coal

clock 23 April 2019 •
UK fossil fuel power hits new record low

Energy

UK fossil fuel power hits new record low

Latest quarterly figures from EnAppSys show that fossil fuels delivered just 41per cent of the power mix in the three months to the end of September

clock 10 October 2018 •
Reflective Pricing: Could a tweak to energy tariffs drive low carbon heating roll out?

Infrastructure

Reflective Pricing: Could a tweak to energy tariffs drive low carbon heating roll out?

New study from Energy Systems Catapult argues clearer accounting for fixed costs could make heat pumps more attractive - and solar panels less so

clock 19 September 2018 •
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