Gas networks and boiler manufacturers have written an open letter to Boris Johnson urging the prime minister to establish a mandate that all new boilers installed in Britain’s homes must be “hydrogen-ready” from 2025.
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A £150 million gas pipeline located 30 metres underneath the River Humber has become operational, National Grid has announced. The Feeder 9 project was begun in 2016 with joint venture project partners Skanska, A.Hak and Porr. It replaces a trench-laid gas pipe which had become exposed.
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Ofgem has issued its final determinations for the RIIO2 price controls beginning in April next year, raising the baseline profit margin for investors in the transmission and gas distribution sectors by more than a third of a percentage point when compared to its draft determinations in July. Utility Week looks at where Ofgem has changed tack and gauges reaction.
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A former partner at Ofgem has said she is still mystified as to why the regulator handed some companies penalties and others rewards under the new business plan incentive mechanism for the RIIO2 price controls. Maxine Frerk said Ofgem needs to provide more clarity on exactly how networks’ business plans are judged. Its chief executive, Jonathan Brearley, told Utility Week some companies had initially failed to show their plans were in the interest of consumers.
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Politicians and business leaders want the country to deliver a green revolution, create jobs and boost the economy. As part of our Build Back Better campaign, Utility Week in association with Addleshaw Goddard has published a major new report exploring the significant role utilities can play in fulfilling these ambitions.
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If hydrogen is to fulfil its potential as a driver of decarbonisation then large-scale production projects need to kick off in the next few years. According to Gas Goes Green Champion, and former Cadent chief executive, Chris Train, the first step should be to start the process of allowing gas networks to blend hydrogen into the grid.
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Energy policy is trying to find the right balance between affordability, security of supply, and mitigating climate change. The Department of Energy and Climate Change's request for evidence on the future of gas-fired generation, which closed in June, represents one of the significant elements in this policy debate.
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SSE and Shell's proposed carbon capture and storage project received a boost yesterday when the Crown Estate signed an agreement for lease (Afl) for the storage element.
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Do recent statements in Utility Week from Npower and National Grid executives, which dismiss the potential of shale gas to be a game-changer in European or UK markets, stem more from corporate wishful thinking than geological or economic reality?
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Operating profit dipped 3 per cent to £3.5 billion at National Grid for the year ending 31 March 2012 but profit before tax was up 5 per cent to almost £2.6 billion
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Northern Ireland gas company Phoenix Energy Holdings is to sell its gas supply businesses to SSE to focus on distribution.
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Gas lamps are still going strong. Janet Wood met members of London's gas lighting team.
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National Grid Gas is among the first wave of firms undergoing the RIIO price review. Janet Wood spoke to chief operating officer John Pettigrew.
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Gas will play a leading, albeit different, role in the energy mix as we move towards decarbonisation, argue Martin Chitty and John Dimitropoulos.
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