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A £2 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 196km cable between Scotland and the north of England which will help boost energy security, cut bills and hit Government green targets.

Ofgem has closed its investigation into Drax Power Limited after opening the investigation in May this year to learn whether the firm was in breach of annual profiling reporting requirements relating to the Renewables Obligations (RO) scheme and other related matters. The investigation focussed

A proposed new subsea and underground 500km cable between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to two million homes has been awarded a £3.4 billion funding package.

Electricity generator Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) has agreed to make a payment of £33.14 million after admitting it breached energy market rules following a review by energy regulator Ofgem.

The first project to proceed under a new fast track process has received a provisional £2 billion funding package to deliver a subsea energy superhighway which could connect up to two million homes to clean energy. The proposed Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) high voltage subsea cable would be abl

SP Energy Networks has secured £275,000 of funding from Ofgem’s Strategic Innovation Fund to help further two of its innovative projects this year.

National Gas has secured Ofgem Strategic Innovation Funding (SIF) to study a new type of underground hydrogen energy storage – developed by Edinburgh storage specialists Gravitricity – as a potential technology in their plan to decarbonise the UK gas network. Gravitricity's H2FlexiStore

Plans for two high voltage cable links to Europe which could help power millions of homes and harness the power of the North Sea have been recommended for approval by energy regulator Ofgem.

Gas distribution company SGN has been given approval by Ofgem to proceed to the next stage of its project to trial 100% hydrogen gas through a 30km decommissioned pipeline between Grangemouth and Granton.

Orkney’s Community Wind Farm Project has taken a further step forward with energy regulator Ofgem’s approval of a new electricity transmission link. The approval follows Ofgem’s public consultation on the proposals for the interconnector project and the need for an electricity link

Energy regulator Ofgem has approved the need for the strategic electricity transmission reinforcements required to deliver the UK Government’s 50GW offshore wind by 2030 target, set out as part of the regulator’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework.

Energy regulator Ofgem has received a Final Needs Case (FNC) for SSEN Transmission's proposed replacement of the existing Fort Augustus to Skye electricity transmission line, moving towards the final stages of the regulatory funding approvals process for the project. At an estimated cost of around &

Plans to replace the existing Fort Augustus-Skye electricity transmission line have taken a major step forward following confirmation by the energy regulator Ofgem recognising the clear need for the project.

Ofgem is inviting tenders to own and operate prebuilt electricity links – including cables and substations -  which connect Scotland’s largest offshore wind farm to Great Britain’s mainland energy network.

Energy regulator Ofgem has agreed to the need for a £400 million upgrade of a west Highlands power line.