Energy importers accelerate clean energy shift as security divide widens
Energy-importing regions have increased the non-fossil share of their energy mix more than three times as quickly as major exporting regions over the past five years, according to DNV. Disruption around the Strait of Hormuz… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
BW ESS agrees floor deal with Danske for 857 MWh Berkswell battery
BW ESS has appointed Danske Commodities to optimise the entire 200 MW / 857 MWh Berkswell battery for ten years. The revenue floor arrangement should reduce merchant risk, although the guaranteed income and revenue-sharing terms… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Clean technology’s missing ingredient is the customer
Climate tech needs customers not just capital, according to HSBC. Mature electrification technologies captured about 92.5% of global transition investment in 2025, with credible demand and dependable revenues critical to making emerging technologies bankable. According… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
UK’s wind-related grid congestion bill passes £1.5 billion
Octopus Energy estimates that wind-related constraint management has cost more than £1.5bn this year, surpassing the whole of 2025. This is not simply money paid to wind farms: the figure combines the cost of reducing… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Equinor raises stakes in Rosebank and Jackdaw consent battle
Equinor chief executive Anders Opedal says rejection of either development would be a “major setback” for its Adura joint venture with Shell. Both projects remain under review after a court quashed their original approvals because… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Scottish heat transition loses momentum despite rising public support
Scottish domestic heat pump installations fell by 13% in 2025, while building emissions increased to 7.6 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Heat networks supplied an estimated 1.67 TWh, well below Scotland’s statutory 2.6 TWh target… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Great British Energy widens £300 million fund to tackle component bottlenecks
Seventeen additional offshore wind and network components have been added to Great British Energy’s supply chain fund, taking the eligible total to 29. The expansion brings generators, gearboxes, jackets, converter valves and substation equipment into… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Australian wind and battery projects reach financial close under federal scheme
Atmos Renewables has financed a 400 MW four-hour battery in Queensland and a 470 MW wind farm in Western Australia. The projects take Atmos’s Capacity Investment Scheme-backed portfolio at financial close to 970 MW. The… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Hinkley Point B transfer begins next phase of AGR decommissioning
Hinkley Point B has transferred from EDF to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority after completing defuelling. It is the first Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor site in England, and the second in Britain, to enter the new public… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]
Chris Stark departure raises continuity questions for Clean Power 2030
Chris Stark is stepping down after two years leading the government’s Mission Control for Clean Power. He leaves after significant progress on renewables auctions and grid connection reform, but before the most difficult construction phase… You must be a Premium Subscriber to read this. You must be a Premium Subscriber to view this content. You […]