Daily Debrief

Foundation works now 'well underway' at the Protos energy from waste facility that is set to be the first in the UK to be fitted with carbon capture CCS technology, firm reveals

People sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy If you think the temperature uncomfortable today, let me take you to the last day of July 2052, the rays of the climbing sun reveal a city still sweltering in the residual heat of the day before. From the air, London resembles a colossal refugee camp. Streets, gardens and parks are teeming with tents and cobbled-together shelters, within which the city’s residents have spent another uncomfortable night away from the heat traps that their houses and flats have become. After six days when the temperature peaked at about 40C, another scorcher is on the way. Half-hearted attempts to upgrade insulation across the country’s housing stock ran out of steam and cash decades earlier, and most homes still have few barriers to the infiltrating heat. Almost all the country’s electricity is now from renewables, which has brought the cost down, but the relentless onslaught of extreme weather has driven an ever-deepening economic depression across the world. Many now have air conditioning, but can’t afford to run it. Continue reading...

This research examines how effective the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulations have been in increasing transparency on organisational energy use and emissions.

I recently sat down with SOLARCYCLE CEO Suvi Sharma to discuss the fascinating history of the solar market as well as the next key task for the industry — recycling solar panels. Suvi shared how SOLARCYCLE is leading the charge and working hard to recycle solar panels thoroughly and correctly, ...

Arcadia, the energy intelligence platform for businesses, announced this month that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ENGIE Impact, the Utility Expense and Data Management, Energy Procurement, and Sustainability Advising arm of ENGIE. The strategic transaction combines ENGIE Impact’s global operational scale and 30-year track record with ...

Global M&A is now dominated by the race to control the world’s energy, fibre networks and compute

As part of her MITEI Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) project, Lucy Greenup ’28 studied radiation defects in nuclear materials and how these materials can be returned from failure to function. Greenup, a nuclear engineering and materials science student, shares her excitement for the future of fusion energy and how her work in the MITEI… Read more

Solar-plus-storage projects are proliferating across the globe and necessitate a choice between DC and AC coupling. In this piece we look at the differences and pros and cons of each.

An industry report suggests that the net-zero economy is already established and employs more than 105,000 people.

Vessels giant boss says more resilience needed to prevent ripple effects on projects as sector gears up for 'strong comeback' in Europe

Regulator could do us all a favour with clear multi-year forecasts and breakdowns of electricity pricing It is easy to predict where the energy regulator will set the next quarterly price cap on Wednesday. It’s just a matter of tracking wholesale prices in Ofgem’s relevant backward-looking “observation period”. Energy consultant Cornwall Insight thinks the typical household bill be £1,850, an increase of £209 from the previous quarter. It will be surprising if it is out by more than a few quid. One can also make a fair guess at the regulator’s messaging. It will talk about the unavoidable impact from the surge in energy prices that followed the closure of the strait of Hormuz. It may also say the increase would be even greater than 13% without the additional wind and solar generation on the system these days. Fair enough. Gas sets the wholesale price of electricity only 60% of the time now, down from 90% not long ago. Continue reading...

Geothermal energy holds huge potential in the UK, but sector needs government strategic policy and targeted financial backing to scale, writes the REA's Neil McLoughlin

Quarterly statistics which show the number of smart meters installed by large energy suppliers in April to June 2026 and the total numbers of smart and non-smart meters operated by these suppliers at the end of June 2026.

Offshore wind resilience measures should count toward mandated NATO spending, German TSO 50Hertz argues

Nordex CEO José Luis Blanco says region’s ‘supply chain independence’ must be protected