Daily Debrief

UK tech firm aims to convert legacy industrial sites into AI data centres powered entirely using clean energy

Senior analyst points to the trends that will make offshore wind costs fall in the next five years

Plug Power has been selected for an equipment supply and long-term service agreement totalling 55 MW for three green hydrogen projects being developed by Carlton Power in the UK.

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talks More than 80 countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at the UN Cop30 climate summit. Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific joined with EU member states and the UK to make an impassioned plea for the “transition away from fossil fuels” to be a central outcome of the talks, despite stiff opposition from petrostates and some other major economies. Continue reading...

Sense, a grid technologies company, is debuting services enabling utilities to detect distributed energy resources (DERs) and other energy loads in the home. These services are capable of making transformer and feeder-level mapping of the grid and its DERs. Sense Load Visibility Solution uses the latest AMI meters to detect distributed resources, like rooftop solar,…

Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts

Oil giant says gas and batteries linkup with Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky lets it make money right along the value chain – whether or not the wind is blowing

The search for scalable, low-cost pathways to green hydrogen has intensified as electrolysis-based production confronts rising electricity costs and infrastructure constraints.

The government’s action plan to address the findings of NESO’s review into the incident at North Hyde Substation and commitment to ensuring GB energy resilience now and in the future.

Octopus Group asset manager reveals fresh Affordable Housing Fund investment, including £50m from Scottish National Investment Bank

Ardersier Port's backers are looking for some good news after delivered first-phase development ahead of schedule and under budget

However, the first firm order for the replacement of the problematic 5.X platform has not yet been signed, says Siemens Energy’s CEO.

US oil firm blames UK government policy and supply costs for closure of site near Cowdenbeath in Scotland ExxonMobil is to close a chemicals plant in Scotland that employs hundreds of workers within months, blaming the decision on the UK government’s “economic and policy environment”. Workers at Fife Ethylene Plant were told on Tuesday that the oil company would shut the 40-year-old facility near Cowdenbeath by February next year owing to the difficult policy and market conditions in the UK. Continue reading...

Cap on dual-fuel bills forecast to decrease by £22 to the equivalent of £1,733 a year for a typical household Business live – latest updates British households will have a brief reprieve from rising gas and electricity costs this January, before the cost of the government’s energy policies piles another £75 a year on to bills by the spring, according to a leading forecaster. The regulator’s cap on dual-fuel bills is expected to fall by 1% from January to the equivalent of £1,733 a year for a typical household – a £22 drop – because of lower wholesale gas prices, Cornwall Insight said. Continue reading...

US oil group cancelled meetings during talks to try to avert closure of ethylene unit, correspondence claims