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Eos Energy and Frontier Power Announce 5 GWh Memorandum of Understanding to Advance Long-Duration Energy Storage in the United Kingdom

Partnership aims to support the UK’s clean energy transition with the potential to unlock local manufacturing and strengthen energy infrastructureEDISON, N.J. and WARWICKSHIRE, United...

Jonathan Brearley, the chief executive of Ofgem, speaking to MPs on Wednesday (House of Commons/PA)
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Ofgem boss demands new powers to recoup cash when energy firms collapse

The boss of energy regulator Ofgem has called for more powers to make sure customers rather than investors get compensated when suppliers go...

The SNP said Scots face higher bills despite the country producing a disproportionate amount of energy (PA)
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UK’s Labour Party accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ over pledge to cut energy bills

During the general election campaign, the party said it would reduce annual household power bills by £300 by 2030.

The UK is set to build thousands more pylons over the coming years (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Pylon wars: Battle between builders and ‘blockers’ mounts across UK

Plans to build thousands of new pylons in rural UK to meet clean power targets face backlash from communities across the country.

Ministers say they want to give consumers better protection after the energy crisis (Jacob King/PA)
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UK’s Labour Party to reform energy regulator to give more protections after bills crisis

Labour set out sweeping plans for how it will decarbonise the grid by 2030 earlier in December.

National Grid has outlined ‘unprecedented’ plans to invest £35 billion (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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UK’s National Grid outlines ‘unprecedented’ £35bn investment plans

The plans also contribute to the group’s wider UK investment, which will support 55,000 more jobs by 2030, according to National Grid.

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband during a visit to the Siemens Energy turbine factory in Hull to launch the clean power 2030 action plan (Danny Lawson/PA)
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UK ministers to be given powers to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms

Ed Miliband says he will be able to bypass local opposition to onshore wind farms as Energy Secretary under plans to decarbonize the...

Prices for public rapid charging of electric vehicles remain ‘stubbornly high’, new figures show (John Walton/PA)
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Cost of using rapid EV chargers ‘stubbornly high’ in UK – report

A fall in wholesale energy prices has not been reflected in the cost EV charging.

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Britain’s energy price cap to rise 1% in January, forecasts Cornwall Insight

Britons had hoped energy prices would cool to help them cope with a cost of living squeeze.

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