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Projects which received funding through the Longer Duration Energy Storage Demonstration Programme Stream 1 (Phases 1 and 2) and Stream 2 (Phases 1 and 2).

COP Frontier and UK engineering firm Wood Thilsted see huge potential in their new joint venture

New Economics Foundation and Finance Innovation Lab suggest loan scheme backed by Bank of England could benefit up to 8m homes Millions of UK households could save hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills if the government were to approve low-cost loans for solar panel installation, research has found. Solar panels with batteries are one of the cheapest ways to generate electricity and reduce energy bills, but with an upfront cost of about £6,000 they are still beyond the reach of most cash-strapped UK households while other countries forge ahead with installation. Continue reading...

Oxford-founded company targets cold storage, industrial cooling and data centres for its AI cooling optimisation systems amid expected growing demand for more efficient cooling and air conditioning

Investment in German firm through to be largest in a European fusion energy developer to date

The European Hydrogen Bank's latest auction is beginning to reveal the price at which renewable hydrogen projects may become commercially viable in Europe.

Dogger Bank South owner points to a “rigorous, transparent examination” as rival Dogger Bank developers take the government’s consent to court.

Ten takeaways from the Energy Institute’s 75th annual Statistical Review of World Energy

An open letter to the EU Commission from T&E, car manufacturers and cleantech industries. On 4 March 2026 the Commission proposed the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), setting the ambition to lift industrial manufacturing to 20% of EU GDP by 2035 and introducing “Made in EU” requirements across public support for ...

Europe's stationary battery market is expected to nearly quadruple this decade, with Wood Mackenzie forecasting annual demand to increase from 36 GWh in 2025 to approximately 138 GWh by 2030.

For an investor tracking the energy transition’s industrial backbone, this dataset shows which IP races are over and which are still in play.

Future of indebted group is potentially expensive issue for the UK’s presumptive next prime minister

Proxima Fusion valued at €2.4bn in €400mn funding round as AI boom spurs the race for energy’s holy grail

Eni Storage Systems has broken ground on a gigafactory in Italy set to build LFP cells for energy storage applications, while Chinese firm Hithium has won an €80 million grant from the Spanish government for a battery and BESS plant there.

Nexans and Hydro have signed a five-year long-term agreement for the supply of approximately 85 000 t of low-carbon aluminium wire rod.