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Applications to build battery storage drive boom as offshore wind projects given go-ahead jump sevenfold year on year A record number of renewable energy projects were given the go-ahead in Great Britain in 2025, after planning approvals almost doubled year on year, according to an analysis. The energy capacity of new battery, wind, and solar projects that received approval climbed to 45GW this year, 96% higher than in 2024, according to data from Cornwall Insight. Continue reading...

Energy giant to sell $1bn-worth of equity in Kraken as part of major funding round from new and existing investors announced today

Global electricity generation investment reached $1 trillion annually, while grid spending climbed to only $400 billion, creating infrastructure asymmetry that manifests acutely in the United Kingdom, where operators paid generators £2.3 billion in the year through March to curtail output due to transmission constraints. This curtailment expense, likely to escalate in the coming years according [...]

The energy firm sells a $1bn stake in its technology arm Kraken, paving the way for its demerger.

Break-even is the overarching target for Siemens Gamesa in 2026, but installing its largest offshore project pipeline ever will also require ”our undivided focus,” Vinod Philip tells EnergyWatch.

New research published in Nature Communication reports the use of machine learning to analyse microearthquakes in the Earth’s crust is opening the possibility of a new path for the future of geothermal energy exploration.

This is part of the COMMODITIES 2026 series, where our reporters bring you key themes that will drive commodities markets in 2026. Hydrotreated vegetable oil prices are expected to remain firm in 2026 as tightening mandates in Europe and the US underpin demand, while competition for feedstocks intensifies as new biorefineries start operating, Singapore-based traders and producers said. "We expect

Agrivoltaics have been the name of the game in the past few years in the solar power industry. On the surface, it seems simple — find farmland that could benefit from co-location with solar power plants, and then plop some solar panels on areas of the land that seem most ...

Sodium-ion battery development has been a major story in 2025, as Chris Arcus has been especially eager to highlight and explain. In 2026, I think it could be the biggest battery topic. Battery giant CATL, the largest battery producer in the world, is leaning into the topic and made a ...

The year ahead will shape the future of climate finance, as leaders decide how carbon markets are implemented in practice, writes Beatriz Granziera from The Nature Conservancy

In our recent Autumn 2025 issue of Energy Global, Jens Wulff, CEO EMEA & India, NEUMAN & ESSER, Germany, outlines how an understanding of the whole hydrogen value chain can help reach the growing demand for high-purity hydrogen.

ZincFive has closed an oversubscribed Series F funding round this month, raising $30 million. That brings its total funding raised to $254 million since the company was founded nearly a decade ago in 2016. The aim of the funding is to help with rapid scaling of its commercial footprint and ...

Energy start-up sees margin slide as its costs rise sharply

US retreat much worse and faster than expected in second Trump administration

Electricity grids are getting smarter and smarter, and that means more and more dynamic pricing. Smart grid companies are also getting better at making use of that dynamic pricing for their customers. The company Tigo Energy is one company that has been providing intelligent solar and energy software solutions, and ...