Top stories from Tuesday 10 March 2026
Electricity demand is rising as transport, heating, and industry electrify, with additional growth coming from data centers and expanding industrial loads. The transmission network that moves electricity was built over many decades, but expanding it has become increasingly difficult. Building new transmission lines often takes ten to fifteen years once ...
The Danish wind turbine manufacturer has secured a firm order for 1.38 GW for a British offshore wind project.
The UK offshore wind market has burst back into life after the successful outcome to the AR7 allocation round
Calls to approve more drilling in the North Sea in response to the latest energy crisis are deliberately overlooking the clean tech projects that can enhance energy security in the near term
Britain can reduce need to 'turn down' wind farms even as more renewables come online without need for major infrastructure upheavals, LCD Delta research finds
Dynamic line rating can produce large savings in some parts of the electricity system. In other cases it reveals that operators had been overestimating how much cooling transmission lines receive from the surrounding air. Both outcomes matter. Dynamic line rating replaces assumptions with measurements and forecasts about what transmission lines ...
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A joint venture between the UK oil major and a Brazilian biofuels producer is saddled with $11bn in debt
Expansion will turn Thames-side facility into Europe’s biggest but critics say it will discourage recycling and cause air pollution
Equinor reported two discoveries Tuesday — oil at Byrding C and gas and condensate at Frida Kahlo — both near infrastructure serving Europe.
Chancellor keen to avoid costly intervention as concerns mount about economic impact of war in Middle East
In December 2025, Google announced it would acquire Intersect, a renewable energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of debt. The acquisition enables Google to bring more electricity generation capacity online faster for its data center development. Existing Intersect investors — including asset management firm TPG, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure, Greenbelt Capital Partners…
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The price cap offers protection for households through to the end of June, but thereafter the government should look to climate and clean energy policy for economic stability, competitiveness and resilience, writes Bev Cornaby, director of the Corporate Leaders Group UK
Koko Networks’ collapse reverberates in carbon credit markets being relied upon to fund real-world clean energy projects
As yet another supply shock hits, central banks will hope its duration is short