Daily Debrief

The UK's North Sea and Channel links to Europe showed what's possible last winter – and why more are needed, argues National Grid's Rob Rome

Prysmian Group has completed its cable installation contract for RWE’s 1.4GW Sofia offshore wind farm on Dogger Bank in the North Sea.

A shortage of skilled workers risks undermining the Government’s flagship Warm Homes Plan and the economics benefits it promises to deliver, Energy UK has warned. In January, the Government unveiled its £15 billion Warm Homes Plan to bring down energy bills, reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil fuels, and unlock £38 billion of total investment over the next four years. … Read more

The offshore wind industry is struggling to attract private financing. The former operations manager for Equinor’s floating offshore wind business believes he has the solution: combine offshore wind with data centres

Without urgent action to ramp up training support, skills shortages risks undermining home energy efficiency and green heating rollout, Energy UK warns

In a submission to the government’s offshore wind plan, Equinor points out that new areas for bottom-fixed offshore wind should be considered closer to shore in order to cut costs in future projects.

Findings from the Heat Training Grant 2025 Mid-scheme Review, based on a survey of people who completed heat pump installation training under the scheme.

Project to provide neighbouring quarry Bathgate Silica Sand with clean power to help decarbonise its century old operations

We are seeking views on the case for community batteries in the UK.

Hydrogen buses are real. They can carry passengers, complete routes, refuel, and operate in public transit fleets. That much has been demonstrated often enough that it is no longer the useful question. The useful question for transit agencies is whether hydrogen is a better procurement choice than battery-electric buses once ...

The European Commission must “acknowledge the clear role of long-duration energy storage,” organisations including Energy Storage Europe and the LDES Council have urged.

New report from Railway Industry Assocation argues a programme-based approached to electrification could reduce infrastructure delivery costs by a third

As recent conflicts expose vulnerability of fertiliser markets and its effect on food security, VunaNexus offers an alternative When staff answer the call of nature at the European Space Agency’s headquarters in Paris, their urine is not simply flushed away – it is turned into something much more useful. While urine-diverting toilets are often associated with smelly festival loos, there is nothing bohemian about recycling nutrients from human pee, said David de Chambrier, the chief executive of VunaNexus. The process isn’t so different from recovering minerals in used electronics. Continue reading...

OEG has acquired Hybrid Resource Management Ltd to strengthen its technical services capability and expand its global presence in the growing operations and maintenance wind market.

Tech and online retail giant continues to expand its global electric vehicle fleet ahead of 2030 targets