Jessica Mills Davies

1 week ago | energyvoice.com | Jessica Mills Davies

Planning for the UK’s largest solar farm has hit minor delays, as local opposition to the project mounts despite the huge biodiversity net gain touted by developers. German developer Photovolt Development Partners (PVDP) is seeking nearly £1 billion in debt and equity to build what would be the UK’s largest solar farm on land owned by the Blenheim estate, near Blenheim Palace, bordering Jeremy Clarkson’s farm.

1 week ago | energyvoice.com | Jessica Mills Davies

Centrica’s share price has plummeted after nearly 40% of shareholders voted against remuneration at firm’s annual general meeting. The British Gas-owners shares were down 8% in midday trading as the company held an annual general meeting and shareholder vote on group chief executive Chris O’Shea’s pay. At the AGM, 39.98% of shareholders voted against the resolution to approve the firm’s remuneration report for 2024, although this was still below the threshold required to defeat the resolution.

2 weeks ago | energyvoice.com | Jessica Mills Davies

Octopus boss Greg Jackson has dismissed concerns raised by offshore wind developers that zonal pricing could jeopardise investment in offshore wind farms, especially in the north. A proponent of rolling out regional power prices across the UK, he argues that any potential investment lost in new wind projects will be recouped from savings on wind curtailment.

2 weeks ago | energyvoice.com | Jessica Mills Davies

“The amazing thing about innovation is, it’s not a zero-sum game,” Greg Jackson, Octopus Energy’s chief executive, said in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the UK’s largest net zero congress Innovation Zero. “You create new value for the future.”Octopus overtook British Gas as the main residential energy supplier in the UK market this year, but Jackson said growth shouldn’t be an excuse “to slip”. “It meant more to us that we were named Which?

2 weeks ago | energyvoice.com | Jessica Mills Davies

The UK’s transition towards zero emissions presents a “massive opportunity”, according to the chief of the body responsible for the North Sea transition. North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) chief executive Stuart Payne said, while speaking at the Innovation Zero conference at Kensington Olympia in London on Tuesday, that carbon capture and storage will enable the country to realise its climate targets.