A third of housing developers across the UK are struggling to deliver housing schemes due to a shortage of grid connections, a survey has found. The survey of 50 housebuilders and developers, undertaken and published by Knight Frank, has found that around 15,000 new homes are currently still unavailable because utility firms are failing to […]
Tata Group announces plans for multi-million pound UK battery factory
Last month Tata announced plans to build a 40GW battery cell gigafactory in Somerset, UK, a venture that is expected to create up to 4,000 new jobs and provide a major boost for the UK’s transition to electric mobility. It will be Tata’s first gigafactory outside of India. Tata is proposing to invest over £4 […]
Heat pumps update: if your boiler’s on the blink, are you ready to take the plunge?
The concept of heat pumps (introduced 15 years ago) caused some initial excitement, but despite soaring gas and electricity bills and growing pressures to meet the UK’s Net Zero target, take up of heat pumps by consumers in the UK has so far proved disappointing. This is not necessarily surprising, as the earliest heat pumps […]
The Times reports on Government’s plans to build a third new nuclear power station
The Times has confirmed that plans for a third new nuclear power station in Britain could be approved, although full funding for the project has not yet been secured. The newly proposed plant should have the capacity to generate sufficient energy for six million households. The project would be similar in scale to Hinckley Point […]
Viking Link will help to power up to 2.5 million UK homes
The world’s longest land and subsea electricity cable, connecting Denmark and the UK, began operating for the first time on 29 December 2023. The record breaking interconnector extends for 765 km between substations in Lincolnshire and southern Jutland. Initially it will power up 1.6 million British households but by 2025 it should be at full […]
Ofgem looks to civic chiefs for increased local input into energy planning
Ofgem’s CEO, Jonathan Brearley, has hosted a summit bringing together city leaders and mayors to discuss proposed regional energy planning reforms. Ofgem is seeking local support in terms of energy planning, with the introduction of Regional Energy Strategic Planners (RESPs), who will work with local authorities, gas and electricity distributors to plan cable and switch […]
Electric Superhighway has received the go ahead from Scottish and English planning authorities
In recent news, we learned that planning consent has been granted on all onshore and offshore aspects of the Eastern Green Link 2 project (EGL2), a joint venture between National Grid and SSEN Transmission. Construction of the 525kV, 2GW high voltage sub-sea cable will take five years, with 291 miles of high voltage direct current […]
Don’t miss out on your new connection
You have a new development. Whether it’s a commercial, residential, or mixed use scheme, you’ll need to power it. So how do you go about doing that? Well, if your development is already underway and you haven’t considered the connection you will need, you may find you’re too late. Too late, that is, to save […]
Lithium: why the ‘White Gold Rush’?
Competition for Lithium is reported to be fierce. What is it, and what does it mean for our chances of phasing out fossil fuels for good? Lithium, referred to as white gold due to its silvery colour, is one of the lightest and most reactive elements on earth. This makes it ideal for storing energy […]
Utilities Management – What does the future hold?
The past few years have seen sweeping changes across the UK’s energy sector and this shows no sign of slowing down. The Government’s commitment to becoming ‘carbon neutral’ by 2050 has coincided with high fuel prices and critical fuel shortages due to the war in the Ukraine, the lack of battery storage, and issues with […]
