Daily Debrief

Reactor developer closes fundraising round as markets expect atomic energy will power the AI boom

Sweeping new strategy aims to tackle overreliance on imports of critical minerals for clean technologies by ramping up domestic production and boosting recycling rates

Factory could set up ZTT to tap into hundreds of gigawatts of offshore wind turbines North Sea nations aim to deploy by 2050

Consultation launched on British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme, which promises to cut power costs by a quarter for key strategic industries

Budget expected to extend popular grant scheme through to 2030, as government prepares consultation on pay-per-mile EV tax proposals

Part of the chain of renewable energy and the transition from fossil fuels is how to handle carbon-intensive products and byproducts of society and push for low carbon content at source, at processing, or disposal. At Rockwell Automation’s 2025 Automation Fair, a panel of industry leaders offered a rare, unified ...

Task force calls for super regulator to seize control of sprawling bureaucracy

Global EV adoption is accelerating faster than most recycling systems can keep up. Waste from end-of-life batteries, just 500,000 tons in 2019, is projected by researchers to reach eight million tons by 2040, underscoring a widening gap between electrification targets and the infrastructure required to support them.

The strategy to return as a player in the onshore wind turbine market is progressing as planned, according to the manufacturer’s CEO, who is, however, further reducing the number of relevant markets.

ABS has issued an approval in principle to Encomara for its Squid™ system, a novel approach that adapts proven disconnectable mooring technology to support floating offshore wind developments.

Andy Clark, Business Leader – Place, Energy Systems Catapult Across the UK, the drive to decarbonise and establish a more secure energy system is colliding with one of the most […]

As the Autumn Budget approaches, the government needs to realise that climate policy can help solve the cost of living crisis, write Duncan Brack and David Vigar from the Liberal Democrat's climate policy working group

With new investors on board, Green2x makes final investment decision on pilot plant ahead of construction of world’s largest biogas plant.

Firefighters call for long-term investment and say UK is dangerously underprepared as climate crisis worsens Wildfires have devastated more moorland, forests and fields in the UK this year than at any time since records began, putting huge pressure on the country’s fire service, figures show. The Global Wildfire Information System estimates that by November, wildfires had burned 47,026 hectares (116,204 acres) in 2025 in the UK – the largest area in any year since monitoring began in 2012, and more than double the area burned in the record-breaking summer of 2022. Continue reading...

Wind turbine unit of German energy tech giant Siemens Energy announced last week sharp slimming of its onshore wind business