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JOHN Lewis has become the first high street retailer to provide its own water as Ofwat grants the store chain self-supply water and sewerage licences. As self-supply licensee, John Lewis will now be able to: Pay wholesale prices - without a retail margin added by suppliers in the open water market Become a market participant including membership of MOSL with...

BATTERY electric vehicle registrations are up 151.8%, according to figures released today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In their October 2019 report, SMMT outlines the soaring numbers regarding registration of new electric vehicles in the UK. Hybrid electric cars increased by a 'considerable' +28.9%, with 7,950 leaving showrooms, as battery electric vehicle registrations almost tripled, up +151.8%...

30,000 invitation letters will be landing on doormats across the isles this week onward for the first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change. From those who accept the invitation, 110 people are then chosen to take part in Climate Assembly UK. “Public concern around climate change is as high as it has ever been and this is a chance for people...

EDF Group has announced the acquisition of a British start-up Pivot Power, which specialises in battery storage and infrastructure for electric vehicle charging. This move will allow EDF, already the largest low carbon electricity producer in the UK, to become 'a leader' in battery storage. “Battery storage and electric vehicles are two key technologies which will help lower carbon emissions, alongside...

PROLONGED uncertainty regarding the UK’s carbon pricing future as it exits the EU has been voiced in a joined letter by SSE, Drax, Orsted and NGO Sandbag to the UK government. The letter outlines a need for stability and calls on the Treasury to ensure efforts to reach net zero aren’t undermined by any reduction to the carbon pricing level in...

DOGGER Bank Wind Farms has unveiled Aibel and ABB as suppliers of its offshore converter platform and HVDC power transmission system, providing the power grid solution that will connect the world’s largest offshore wind farm to the UK transmission network. The 3.6GW Dogger Bank offshore wind farm comprises three 1.2GW projects – Creyke Beck A, Creyke Beck B, and Teesside...

SSE has confirmed that the remaining units at its coal-fired Fiddler’s Ferry Power Station in Warrington will close by 31 March 2020. The Cheshire station will close upon the completion of collective consultation with employees and trade unions. Fiddler’s Ferry is the last remaining coal-fired power station in SSE’s generation fleet, with a total capacity of 1,510MW from its three operational...

New project that taps into telecom infrastructure in order to 'revolutionise' charging of electric cars has been unveiled by TV and broadband giant Liberty Global. Using Virgin Media’s 40,000 powered street cabinets and 170,000 km of ducts, the project's aim is to deploy and operate 1,200 charging sockets across the country over the next 18 months. “Leveraging street cabinets allows Liberty...

GAP exists between the best and worst performers in the sector, the industry as a whole has not kept up the progress of earlier years and performance has stagnated, new Ofwat report states. In their service delivery report published this week, the governing body found that despite increase since 2015-16, customer satisfaction across the sector has deteriorated in 2018-19. Eight companies...

BREEZE Energy has been issued with a provisional order by Ofgem, compelling the supplier to pay £486,232.06 including interest in Renewables Obligation on 31 October. Under the government’s Renewables Obligation schemes, suppliers have to demonstrate they have sourced enough electricity from renewable sources to meet their obligation by presenting Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) to Ofgem by 1 September. If suppliers do...