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The Department of Energy said the projects will strengthen partnerships between its national labs and private companies

The money will refinance an existing bond and help support key power sector reforms

It said the increased revenue was a result of the UK’s long winter and having raised its energy prices

The Consumer Council for Water says the industry must boost underwhelming levels of customer satisfaction

The move aims to stop heavy energy users’ international competitiveness being negatively affected by higher energy bills

This followed a trend of steady growth since 2015 and brought the continent to a total storage capacity of 589MWh

The technology firm has announced it is to downsize its SolarCity venture

The company lost 430,000 customers last year as pre-tax profits fell by 6% to £1.45 billion

The company defeated a resolution backed by 5.54% of shareholders calling for it to set tougher emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement

This is despite the cost of repairing US storm damage meaning headline profits for the year fell to £3.45 billion, a decrease of 8%