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‘Draconian’ energy efficiency rules met with legal challenge
…Good Law Project have now issued a pre-action protocol letter to DLUHC setting out the grounds of their legal challenge. Naomi Luhde-Thompson, director of Rights Community Action, said: “Communities and…
Water industry demands ‘swift’ policy changes to accelerate river clean-up efforts
…the most sensitive areas, such as chalk streams, and cuts spills by nearly two-thirds into bathing areas,” David Henderson, Water UK chief executive, said. “The regulator Ofwat must now back…
Workers threaten strike action at nuclear demolition site
…it is acceptable to deny its workers a decent pay increase.” Unite said that the remuneration package of the highest paid Magnox director went up from £331,000 to £651,000 in…
ESO awards first contracts to manage transmission constraints in East Anglia
…energy planning and chief engineer at National Grid ESO, said: “The constraint management intertrip service is fundamental towards solving a heavily constrained area of the grid, reducing balancing costs. “The…
Plan to extend Drax biomass subsidy sparks backlash
…its latest research on the value of the scheme, earlier this week. Compiled by Baringa, on behalf of Drax, the research states that Drax’s proposals for BECCS could save the…
Weekend press: Water bosses received £25m in bonuses since last election
…according to analysis by Labour. The analysis found that nine water chief executives were paid £10m in bonuses, £14m in incentives and £603,580 in benefits since 2019. It comes amid…
Danger, danger, high voltage
…the potential to save customers millions of pounds and cut carbon emissions, whilst minimising the disruption that can be caused to the grid by the connection of ever-growing numbers and…
New Year press round-up: Sewage spill monitors extend reach to cover all England
…said that as well as adding monitors it had found after closer examination that 158 of the overflows it reported in 2022 did not in fact need to have a…
Smart Energy GB wasted money by going full pelt from day one, ex-director says
…communications director – said the campaign body went too far, too early and as such spent money unnecessarily. “At the time the rollout began you could’ve got 20-30% of people…
UK water security at risk
…measures could save significant resources. For the UK, a 5-6% reduction in domestic water consumption could save around 1.33 MtCO2e per year. Government promised at the passing of the Environment…
Overhauling comms at Yü Energy
…an important part to play. Research by Royal Mail Marketreach finds that customer mail from utilities enjoys higher rates of attention and engagement than digital messages. Consumers are also more…
Customer support low for decarbonising water industry
…decarbonisation as a low priority, the company said it will meet rather than exceed government targets for both net zero and drought resilience. Thames Water said its focus will be…
Weekend press: Water firms to spend £272bn on upgrades
…said: “About 16 people had to be taken out of their houses – that is not acceptable to me.” One woman said she had lost “so much money” she did…
Yorkshire trials sewage eating flies
…effectively,” Kershaw said. Fera described the pilot as “limited in scope” by its design, but with potential for larger scale research work to utilise circular economy solutions to manage wastewater….
Weekend press: SSE rules out new onshore wind farms in England and Wales
…firm behind the plans says. Blue Gem Wind did not bid for a UK government contract, a decision which industry voices said was a “huge wake-up call” for Westminster. It…
Regaining the narrative on drinking water
…be afraid to share the science with consumers, even if some may dis-engage. He said: “Historically the water industry has been an invisible service and deliberately so. But that’s meant…
Opening up balancing to batteries
…off as a research project funded by the UK Research and Innovation in 2021. Bukhsh says the software acts as the “brain” of the platform: “A control room engineer describes…
ECO scheme ‘beginning to fail’
…targeted by ECO4, the current phase. ECO4, which started last summer, will run in tandem with the GBIS when the latter launches later this year until 2026. Whitehead said: “There…
Fuel poor should be placed on October 2020 tariff rate
…scheme, the money is paid into the customer’s bank account, but it would be preferable if the money could be paid directly onto the householder’s energy account,” it explained. In…
Reset needed following ‘disastrous’ CfD auction
…secured in the previous auction round for its 1.4GW Norfolk Boreas project, Glover said the results will leave a big gap in the offshore wind pipeline. He said the UK…