Crown Estate preps floating turbines to power 4 million homes

Leasing details set to place Britain at the forefront of the world’s floating offshore power industry were set out today by the seabed’s oversight...

Henderson and BP roll out EV charging for Northern Ireland

BP Pulse has announced it will install up to 200 EV charge points at about 100 Henderson Retail sites across Northern Ireland within the...

UK energy may need £900 Bn to reach Net Zero; NatWest & Boston Group

More than £900 billion in new spending may be required to get Britain’s power supply networks to Net Zero by mid-century, a leading renewables...

London’s Khan goes halves with private finance, seeks £100 million of EDGE decarb projects

The capital’s mayor Sadiq Khan has announced a new £100 million fund to accelerate London-wide decarbonisation ventures, in partnership with leading green investor Sustainable...

Motorway services offered millions to expand EV charging

The Government has unveiled a £70 million fund that will help motorway service areas upgrade network capacity to cater for ultra-rapid EV charge points. Speaking...

£11 Bn deal draws RWE  & Masdar deeper into Dogger Bank windfarms

UAE state-owned power developer Masdar has signed a deal with German energy company RWE to acquire a 49% stake in the UK’s Dogger Bank...

SMEs and sustainability projects: financing incremental steps towards net zero

Ollie Finkill and George Littlewood, Siemens Financial Services in the UK explain how finance can enable SMEs to bridge the investment gap and realise...

Weather-Based Power Indices: Optimising renewable energy risk management in a changing climate

Power prices and Renewable production are difficult to project over months and years. New Power Quanto indices help coping with the capture price risk,...

Mitie named as supplier on NHS sustainable transport framework

Mitie has announced it can bid for contracts to deliver EV charging consultancy, planning, and installation for the NHS and other public sector organisations...

Every photon helps: Tesco to install solar on 100 more stores before 2027

Mega-retailer and solar power leader Tesco has unveiled plans to install PV arrays on one hundred more of its UK stores in only the...

As global temperatures climb, climate conversations fall

Despite 2023 expected to be the hottest year on record, with unprecedented natural disasters seen around the world, online discussions around the climate crisis...

Solid as sodium: Lancs battery pioneers approach volume output, thanks to Italian partners

British battery technologists have co-developed a manufacturing process easing automation in making next-generation cells based on sodium-metal-chloride chemistry. LiNA Energy, a privately held, six-year old...

Highland electric timber truck hits the road

A new electric timber truck, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, is now in operation in the Highlands as...

Ofgem convenes English mayors in quest of better local grid planning

Seven Metro Mayors and leaders of major English cities were among civic chiefs convened by Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley in a bid to spur...

AFC to debut world’s first ammonia-into-hydrogen pilot cracker

Fuel cell innovators AFC Energy have announced what they claim as the world’s biggest trial plant for producing low carbon hydrogen from ammonia. Weekly output...

‘More Brits worry this winter about energy bills’, as EdF pours £103 million more...

Research conducted by energy supplier EdF concludes that Brits are even more anxious about paying energy gas bills this winter than last. Among 2,000 homes...

Britain’s benefits from Net Zero still outweigh our costs, says Skidmore’s Mission Zero

Stripping two-thirds of the carbon emissions out of today’s industrial energy use is key to reaching Britain’s climate goals by 2035, a detailed review...

Government lifts planning curbs outside conservation areas for solar PV

Ministers are easing planning restrictions on roofs, in a bid to speed adoption of on-site generation of low carbon solar power. Industrial roofs and public...

Operators test First Hydrogen van at track day

A total of 21 operators from Europe and the UK have tested First Hydrogen’s fuel cell-powered vans at an inaugural track day held at...

Talking Power podcast launches – The state of the energy market and the journey...

Talking Power is a podcast series focused on the future of energy and decarbonisation from the perspective of UK businesses. Hosted by The Energyst’s...