Energy storage: Why UK industry isn’t going with the flow
Flow storage struggles to compete against lithium even in long duration applications, suggests Marek Kubik, market director at Fluence Energy.
The UK hit a new...
The winter that never came to be
Just like the market, if you took a random walk into any energy consultancy or brokerage last year, your efforts in gauging the market...
Eon doubles revenues, but Npower pushes UK business into loss
Eon doubled group first quarter revenues after bringing Innogy into the fold. Revenues stood at £15.6bn with earnings up 34 per cent to £1.29bn.
However,...
ESB takes 75% control of So Energy
Irish state-owned electricity provider ESBÂ has acquired a controlling 75% stake in rising energy supplier So Energy.
The So Energy brand will be retained and its...
Batteries revenues quadruple as NESO introduces new grid stabilising service
New data reveals a surge in battery energy storage system (BESS) revenues since December 2024, primarily driven by the 20% of revenue now being...
Transforming the energy investment market
Dare, a London based energy tech company using the power of data, analytics and trading expertise to support the energy transition, has been launched...
The Energyst – Latest issue out now
The latest edition of The Energyst is now ready to read today online or via the new Energyst App.
The Energyst is now published monthly,...
Europe’s leakiest homes: new study shames Britain, fails to plug gaps
New research has confirmed the oft-repeated belief that the UK’s is among Europe’s coldest, oldest, and leakiest housing stock.
On a day signalling how nearly...
8MWh from a 50-tonne drop? Â Weighty matters for storage innovators Gravitricity
Scotland’s gravity battery pioneers Gravitricity believe the  recent grid connection of their pilot plant in Edinburgh’s port will give a new meaning to the...
Engie acquires major stake in DSR aggregator Kiwi Power
Engie has acquired a major stake in Kiwi Power, buying out founders Yoav Zingher and Ziko Abram.
The French-owned utility acquired a share in 2015...
UK-based Fuse Energy passes $300M in annual recurring revenue… and its not AI
As the tech industry obsesses over AI, Fuse Energy has arguably become one of Europe's fastest-growing startups by tackling a challenge every UK household...
When fixed doesn’t mean fixed
Pozitive Energy customers with fixed price tariffs were surprised this week to receive a letter from the supplier announcing a price rise. This has...
Ofgem names best and worst home energy suppliers for first time
Energy regulator Ofgem has published the latest results of its annual Energy Consumer Satisfaction survey. For the first time it names the best and...
Europe’s first lithium processing plant progresses on Teesside
Plans are advancing at Britain’s biggest new freeport to open Europe’s first sustainable plant making lithium hydroxide for batteries.
Tees Valley Lithium, a wholly-owned subsidiary...
WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Another massive earthquake slashes 30% off power from China’s No.2 and No.3...
A reported 30% plummet in electricity output at two sister dams to China’s Three Gorges complex– at 22.6GW, the world’s biggest power plant of...
Octopus’ KrakenFlex stretches leg into Hydro REIN tie-up
KrakenFlex, Octopus Energy’s flexibility platform driving its international expansion into support services, has struck a deal in Canada, likely to run on into three...
Coutinho:Â New unabated gas ‘needed beyond 2030’; REMA needs local pricing
Energy secretary Clare Coutinho today pledged to build new CCGT power stations as replacements for ageing gas generators. The new plant, Coutinho accepts, is...
If we don’t get 10GW of storage fast, EFR prices ‘will look like peanuts’
National Grid's new measures to push power off the system offer a glimpse of the not too distant future: Without greater flexibility, balancing gets...
End of double charging for battery storage: What are the implications?
After Ofgem approved changes to end the issue of ‘double-charging’ for energy storage installations, Smartest Energy head of pricing, Tom Putney, explains the scenario...
Farmers offered grants for 40% of cost of battery storage systems
Farmers are being offered government grants that enable them to claim up to 40% of the cost of a battery storage system.
They can also...