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This is a of the programme business case produced for the small modular reactor (SMR) programme.

Oil demand plummets and fears over jet fuel supplies grow, as governments look to ramp up clean tech deployment in response to worsening energy crisis

Proven low-carbon solutions could slash global energy investment requirements by $15tr through to 2050, while enhancing energy and resource security, new study claims

How can the industry prepare for when the first wave of utility-scale BESS projects begin to reach end-of-life?

New AI-powered flood readiness model helps identify over a million undefended buildings across England at growing risk from flooding

Company has received about £8.7bn in renewable energy subsidies since 2012, despite claims wood pellets are not sourced sustainably The owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire received record subsidies of almost £1bn for burning trees to generate electricity in 2025, a climate thinktank has calculated. The company was paid £999m last year for generating about 4.5% of Great Britain’s electricity from its biomass plant, costing each household £13 a year, according to analysts at Ember. Continue reading...

Government claims proposals will streamline process for securing environmental permits for clean technology and infrastructure projects in England, while maintaining nature and public health safeguards

Supreme Court ruled that Orsted could not claim tax relief for surveys it carried out developing offshore wind farms in UK, a decision with implications for all renewable energy projects

Software company Dominus Foundry has launched Forge, a vertical SaaS platform that combines real-time LiDAR scanning with live proposal generation for commercial roofing contractors, with a dedicated solar vertical rolling out later this year. Powered by the company’s patent-pending Hyperion spatial intelligence engine — backed by a portfolio of 16+ provisional patent filings — Forge…

Evolve Energy reached a long-term agreement with Shell for the purchase of electricity from the 573MW Race Bank offshore wind farm.

British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme to be expanded and backdated, as government ramps up efforts to protect businesses from soaring energy costs

Watson Farley & Williams advised Elgin on a £500 million platform financing to support its pipeline of UK solar photovoltaics and co-located BESS projects.

A UK Supreme Court ruling has cost the Danish utility a significant tax deduction for studies related to several British offshore wind farms (Updated).

It may not be the early sufferers who experience the most pain if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed for a prolonged period

James Li, Vice President of Sungrow Europe, responsible for ESS, discusses the power behind artificial intelligence and the critical role of battery storage for Europe’s data centres.