Grid

Redpoint Energy producing report for OFGEM into how government could help create a cost-effective transmission system

Demand-side management companies warn government dithering over capacity mechanisms could harm investor confidence

BusinessGreen's winner of the Small Business of the Year award reveals how Asian expansion will see its charge points installed in the world's largest market

Low Carbon London project tests bilateral contracts with large businesses in order to avoid upgrading grid infrastructure

Island governments agree to cooperate in exploiting offshore renewable energy in the Irish Sea and the Channel

National Grid, ScottishPower and Shell unveil proposal to use existing gas line to pump CO2 from Longannet power station to North Sea

But National Grid predicts it may need to shut down turbines on windy days until new storage technologies are rolled out

Eurotunnel plans to install a 500MW transmission line connecting the French and UK grids

Ofgem says financial close could be reached by spring next year, depending on construction progress

UK's electricity infrastructure controller now knows which way the wind is blowing 87 per cent of the time – potentially saving 1.5GW