Energy Markets

Energy Retail

UK’s Ofgem launches energy price comparison site

Energy watchdog’s ‘Check Your Energy Deal’ online switching services aims to protect UK’s most vulnerable.

Energy Generation

Vattenfall invests $170m into solar PV and energy storage division

Swedish energy company Vattenfall establishes a new solar and storage business unit with a US$170m initial investment.

Transmission & Distribution

Utilities and blockchain – between a rock and hard regulation

Will blockchain enable mass energy transactions in the next ten years? Not likely, says OSIsoft’s Bill McEvoy.

Energy Generation

Crowdfunding renewable energy – a new trend

Crowdfunding is proving an important source for the development of small renewable energy projects.

Energy Generation

New Electrification Alliance to drive Europe's decarbonisation

Industry groups representing wind and solar power, fuel cell batteries, copper and heat pumps combine to find decarbonisation solutions.

Transmission & Distribution

UK must align itself to European energy market

Membership of the internal energy market will be in the UK’s best interests and would help decarbonise Europe’s power market, says report.

Energy Generation

Storage a competitive technology in Europe’s electricity grids

Storage adds value to electricity grids by contributing to the growing demand for flexibility and ancillary services.

Energy Generation

Långmarken wind farm brings Sweden closer to its renewable goals

Sweden’s first energy project to be funded under the European Fund for Strategic Investments has officially opened.

Energy Generation

Buying Nordic wind power in Spain – ENTSO-E’s vision

As InnoGrid2020+ opens in Brussels, ENTSO-E’s Secretary General outlines his vision of an integrated European energy network.

Energy Generation

Teaching DSOs to dance – the role of EDSO in the energy transition

On day two of InnoGrid2020+, Engerati hears how European distribution system operators must embrace change in the sector by learning a new routine.

Energy Generation

Investor interest in Bavaria’s geothermal hots up

A German-Austrian group has announced the acquisition of the Garching an der Alz geothermal project in Bavaria, Germany.