Understanding the Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) and Its Impact on UK Businesses Understanding the Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) and Its Impact on UK Businesses The UK’s energy landscape is changing with the implementation of the Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS), an initiative led by Ofgem to enhance the...
Solar energy surpassed coal in 2024, marking a historic shift in the EU’s renewable energy transition In a landmark shift, solar energy has officially overtaken coal in the EU’s electricity mix for the first time. Last yer solar contributed 11% of the EU’s power, surpassing coal’s 10%,...
Skills, planning and grid will all be barriers to overcome to hit the clean power goal The UK’s Clean Power 2030 target is just five years away but meeting it will demand unprecedented effort, massive investment and overcoming major challenges in planning, infrastructure and supply chains. Analysis...
UK companies chosen as contractors for huge Hornsea 3 wind farm Ørsted has announced contracts worth £75–100m with UK companies for its Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm. The news, welcomed by Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, means huge parts of the lucrative work to construct the site will...
A £2 billion funding package has been approved for Eastern Green Link 1, a 196km high-voltage cable designed to enhance the transmission of green energy between Scotland and northern England. A £2 billion funding package has been approved for Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1), a subsea...
A new report reveals record solar power output and near-record wind electricity generation across Europe in the third quarter of 2024 Renewable energy production in Europe surged to new milestones in the third quarter of 2024, demonstrating the region’s growing reliance on sustainable power sources. According...
Ofgem has announced the new price cap today Ofgem has confirmed that the energy price cap will increase by 10% for the final quarter of 2024. This adjustment means that an average household paying by direct debit for dual fuel will see their annual energy bill rise to £1,717, an...
A recent poll shows strong public support for the government's clean energy policies, with 60% of people in support of new solar farms Almost 60% of the public support the government‘s policy of approving new solar farms. The survey, conducted by YouGov for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU),...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Welsh First Minister will announce a joint effort to work towards green energy push The Prime Minister and the First Minister of Wales have announced plans to strengthen collaboration on clean energy initiatives. During a visit to a wind farm in West Wales, both...
Ofgem will announce a new energy price cap on 27th August, with an expected increase bringing the average annual bill to £1,723 In June, consultancy Cornwall Insight released an updated forecast, predicting that the new energy price cap, which Ofgem is set to announce on 27th...