Daily Debrief

A roadmap setting out the government’s vision for a clean, flexible, consumer-focused electricity system.

Clean Flexibility Roadmap targets 51GW to 66GW of flexible power capacity by 2030 in support of the government's 2030 clean power mission

Scotland’s electricity grid, increasingly saturated with renewable energy, is under mounting pressure from intermittency and congestion. In response, battery energy storage is becoming central to maintaining grid stability—and two new 100 MWh projects backed by Envision Energy and Field mark a notable expansion in that strategy. Envision Energy has signed supply agreements to deliver Lithium Iron [...]

ABB has floated out the final electrical substation for Dogger Bank C to sea for installation.

The project sets out analysis on the potential impacts of hydrogen blending in the national transmission system (NTS) at blend percentages of up to 2%, 5% and 20%.

Activity in the UK battery energy storage system (BESS) market continues to grow substantially year-on-year despite numerous headwinds, as detailed in this H1 recap from our Market Research colleagues.

METLEN has signed two new EPC contracts for renewable energy projects in the UK.

Iberdrola announced a €5 billion capital increase to finance networks operations in the US and UK, where framework condition are attractive.

Increase highlights challenge Labour has in bringing down household bills as pledged during the general election

Europe’s ambition to become a global hub for energy storage system (ESS) manufacturing is facing a sobering reality check. As the Clean Energy Associates’ (CEA) Q2 2025 ESS Supply, Technology, and Policy Report outlines, while new policy frameworks like the EU’s Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CIDSAF) are designed to accelerate domestic energy storage production, a wave of cancelled or delayed projects suggests that economic headwinds and global supply pressures are undermining Europe’s manufacturing vision.

Ocean Winds' commitment to markets where its sees fundamental need for at-sea power tested in US by Trump’s hostility

Nitrogen pollution from farming, wastewater and industry can damage human health and the environment - the government must deliver a strategy for tackling it, writes Baroness Sheehan, chair of the House of Lords' Environment and Climate Change Committee

New framework from Science Based Targets initiative highlights tensions between scale and rigour

Apart from one bottom-fixed project in Ireland, Birgitte Ringstad Vartdal wants Statkraft to expand wind operations on land – for now.

US turbine OEM sees onshore wind picking up through year's end as developers strive for tax credits but will break even at best