The 12 and 13 September marked the 11th Citizens Energy Forum, held in Dublin. The forum is held annually and is playing an increasingly important role in the EU energy retail market. This year the spotlight was on the role of consumers in a clean energy transition, bringing into focus Ireland’s difficulties making progress against the EU’s 2020 Renewable Energy Directive goal, commonly referred to as “the overall renewable energy share (RES) target”. Much of the recent energy policy focus in Ireland has been on 2030, for example the Government’s Climate Action Plan (CAP) and the National Energy and Climate Plan 2021-2030. With 2020 only three months into the future, it’s worth reflecting on the fast-approaching set of targets.
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Net zero corporates and ESG
Help us understand your business decarbonisation challenges
Are you a large business impacted by the challenge of increasing energy costs and decarbonisation targets? If the answer is yes, then we’d love your help to find out more about the challenges you are facing. We recently published an insight paper on the challenging economic climate that businesses are...
Low carbon generation
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Amid underlying volatility in wholesale power prices, opportunities for access to wider flexibility revenue streams, and the impact of price cannibalisation, the case for co-location for renewable energy assets is growing. As part of Cornwall Insight’s Renewables Pipeline Tracker service, a case study is included in each report’s release based...
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Capacity, reform, and unlawful strategies: yesterday was a busy day for energy geekery. The developments encapsulate the shorter and longer term challenges and uncertainties present in the energy market presently: Read the full article here
Commercial and market outlook
Two thirds of energy industry professionals think the market needs to be drastically reformed
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Low carbon generation
A collection of resources on net zero – Net Zero Week 2022
For Net Zero Week 2022, we released a range of resources to help you on your journey to net zero. For convenience, we have put them all together in a handy Resource Report. To read the full collection of resources, please log in to your account or sign up for...
Home supply and services
Windfall taxes are not the only solution to the energy crisis
The energy market is in a state of transition, with geopolitical concerns threatening to undermine energy security and subsequent wholesale energy rises pushing up bills. It is inevitable that policymakers will look at how best to deliver an affordable energy system for consumers. The temporary, targeted energy profits levy, or...
Commercial and market outlook
Cornwall Insight responds to the announcement of an Energy Bill in the Queen’s Speech
The Queen’s Speech this week included a much-anticipated announcement that an Energy Bill will be introduced at some point over the next parliamentary session. The Bill is a logical conclusion of policy development in the period since the net zero commitment was made in the summer of 2019. It accommodates...
Commercial and market outlook
Ofgem outlines thinking on protecting credit balances and RO payments
This article is an extract from our Energy Spectrum publication issued on Monday 25 April. If you are interested in receiving critical policy, regulatory, market and transactional developments across the energy sector, and would like a free full sample of Energy Spectrum, please request a copy here. You only need...
