Thursday, March 19, 2026

Ofwat appoints first Head of Wales

OFWAT has established a permanent presence in Wales for the first time by appointing its first ever Head of Wales. From 1 September, Bethan Evans...

Energy efficiency targets for mortgage lenders subject of new consultation

Mortgage providers could be required to publish the energy efficiency data for their property portfolios and could agree to meet a portfolio average of...

Funding boost supports research of marine renewable energy in Wales

An additional £1.5M of EU funding from the Welsh Government allows marine renewables research to continue in Welsh waters until 2022. Specifically, the funding boost...

New innovation turns lobster waste into food packaging

SCOTTISH project which tackles plastic pollution with food packaging made out of shellfish waste has received a funding boost from the local community development...

Yorkshire Water looking to save millions of litres of water in new trial

YORKSHIRE Water is working with Itron on a new smart meter water leakage trial in Sheffield which it hopes could play a key role...

Government and Ofgem plan massive overhaul of energy network Codes

Government and Ofgem outline joint plans to reform the way energy network codes are development, monitored and regulated including making the Codes simpler in...

Improvements to Capacity Market under consultation

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) seeks views on ten areas of incremental and technical improvement to the Capacity Market, which have...

Local energy networks are at the heart of Ofgem’s new proposals

OFGEM has today set out its proposals to rewire Britain at a local level to deliver 'a greener and fairer energy system for British...

New report urges water companies to learn more from complaints to improve their services...

The water industry is not making the most of opportunities to learn from its complaints data, a new report by Ofwat and Consumer Council...

First successful Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme projects published and Phase 2 announced

429 projects across England have been confirmed to receive funding from Phase 1 of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme, while Phase 2 has been...