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Nine new offshore wind farms were secured this year (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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What happened in the UK’s clean power auction, and how does it work?

Explaining contracts for difference, Britain's renewable energy targets and the incentives to build new projects.

More offshore wind farms will be built (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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UK renewables auction brings 9.6GW of clean power projects

The latest round of contracts includes nine new offshore wind farms as UK auctions enough clean projects to power 11 million homes.

The average household energy bill is set to increase by £149 from October after Ofgem said it was increasing its price cap (Jacob King/PA)
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UK govt urges energy firms to support awareness campaign for winter bills help

The government plans a winter campaign to help customers struggling with energy bills, urging industry support and protection.

Ofgem said the new ‘superhighway’ electricity cable will carry enough renewable energy to power two million homes (Anna Gowthorpe/PA)
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Electricity ‘superhighway’ between Scotland and England to go ahead

The 500km (311-mile) Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) electricity transmission project will stretch from Aberdeenshire to North Yorkshire.

Boiler firm Worcester Bosch said it would comply with the competition watchdog (Alamy/PA)
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Worcester Bosch to change UK hydrogen boiler ads over green marketing concerns

Worcester Bosch has agreed to change marketing around its hydrogen boilers, over concerns it is misleading to customers

ScottishPower will become the UK’s second largest distribution network operator with the deal (Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)
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ScottishPower owner buys north-west England’s power network for £2.1bn

ScottishPower expands in UK, acquiring north-west England's grid for £2.1B, boosting its reach to 12M people across the UK.

Keith Anderson, the chief executive of ScottishPower, said he hopes to double the firm’s investments in UK energy projects (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
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ScottishPower boss hopes to double UK energy investment by 2030

ScottishPower’s boss has said he hopes to double the firm’s investments in UK energy projects to as much as £24 billion if Labour’s...

British Gas came under fire for making record profits during the energy crisis (Steve Parsons/PA)
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British Gas owner Centrica’s profits fall from record highs amid more ‘normalised’ market

Owner of British Gas utility says profits have fallen from peaks found during energy crisis.

Sir Keir Starmer hailed the ‘innovative partnership’ between Great British Energy and the Crown Estate (Paul Campbell/PA)
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GB Energy to work with Crown Estate to develop offshore wind farms, says Labour

The Crown Estate owns the vast majority of Britain’s seabed, stretching up to 12 nautical miles from the mainland.

ScottishPower also builds and operates wind farms in the UK (Tom Leese/PA)
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ScottishPower earnings hit after energy crisis allowance payment drops off

ScottishPower said its earnings fell 11% in the first half of the year to just over £1 billion, after an energy crisis allowance...

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