Daily Debrief

Bidding will no longer be restricted to floating or fixed wind, as hybrid foundations get the nod

Government grants itself new power, first trialled for fixed bottom offshore wind, that it hopes will allow it to make ‘better informed decisions’ for floating

Future Proof Shipping gave hydrogen cargo shipping something most hydrogen shipping announcements never provide: working vessels. H2 Barge 1 and H2 Barge 2 were not artist renderings, conference-stage concepts or another memorandum of understanding. They were inland cargo vessels converted to hydrogen fuel-cell operation and put into real freight service ...

Fallout between leading offshore wind farm developers escalates, casting a shadow over major planned North Sea sites

Lanarkshire datacentre run by renewables and creating thousands of jobs not achievable by 2030, Guardian investigation finds Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise ‘It’s smoke and mirrors’: hope turns to fear in Scottish village chosen for AI datacentre The Guardian has examined government plans to build Britain’s AI infrastructure for the future, finding some of these to be, in the words of one source, at best unclear and at worst “complete bunk”. The plans in question are for AI growth zones, which are supposed to be regions where the government supports companies to build massive AI datacentre complexes, of 500MW or greater. These could be bigger than any now operating in the UK. Continue reading...

Revelation raises concerns that US commercial pressure could weaken Britain’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions

Suspicions grow in Lanarkshire that local people have been misled on supposed benefits of the huge development Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise What are Britain’s AI growth zones and are the plans feasible or ‘complete bunk’? The promise was that a Scottish community would be transformed by massive investment and empowered to chase “the jobs of the future”. Instead, local people in Lanarkshire fear they may have to sell their properties and lose green belt land because of the errors of a badly planned AI datacentre complex, even as those jobs and investments never arrive. Late last year, representatives of Oakes Energy Services began to knock on doors in Newarthill, a village east of Glasgow. In letters reviewed by the Guardian, they invited residents to individual meetings. They told them about plans for a solar farm, say local people, and made offers: free solar panels, tree planting, or even cash for their properties. Continue reading...

Equinor, SSE and Vårgrønn seek judicial review over claimed wake-effect losses from the neighbouring Dogger Bank South scheme.

SMMT data confirms EVs made up 30 per cent of the car market in June, reaching 25 per cent market share for the year to date

Deeply divided industry fractures into several camps backing different technologies and fuels

Founder Kris Singh seeks to tap new energy demand as industry powers AI boom

Special feature articles on energy issues in the United Kingdom from the June 2026 edition of the quarterly statistical bulletin Energy Trends.

Developers of two of the UK's largest planned offshore wind farms had clashed in planning proceedings over 'wind theft' between sites

Former boss at the Cold Chain Federation to take up the reins at EV charging infrastructure trade body

writes Carbon Neutral Group CEO George Curtis