Daily Debrief

Energy giant announces plan to repower famous wind farm near Glasgow, as Centrica confirms life extension for two nuclear power plants

Contracted offers in the UK electricity demand connection queue rose from 41 GW in November 2024 to 125 GW by June 2025, against Great Britain’s peak electricity demand of 45 GW on 11 February 2026. Approximately 50 GW of that queue is attributable to data centre projects, making them the single largest driver of the [...]

We caught up with Michael Koller, Solutions Director for Europe and the UK with Envision Energy, at this year’s Smarter E Europe trade show in Munich.

The global solar industry has been taking off like a rocket while relying primarily on silicon, a material first introduced back in 1954. Now a new wave of 21st century materials is poised to turbo-boost solar power into the next level, with perovskite solar cells front and center. Perovskites are ...

Santander UK becomes first bank to update mortgage affordability assessment to recognise the financial benefits associated with homes on 'Zero Bills' tariffs, allowing owners to borrow up to £30,000 more

Swaptopus is easy to misread as a quirky name for another electric-truck infrastructure project. It is a newly formed joint venture between Octopus Energy and CATL, created to develop automated battery-swapping hubs for heavy trucks across Europe. Octopus is a UK-founded energy and technology group whose activities span electricity retail, ...

ScottishPower has announced plans to repower and double capacity of the Whitelee onshore wind farm.

SINEXCEL’s Luke Lu discusses grid-forming power conversion systems, noise constraints and O&M as the company builds its presence in Europe.

Heatwaves and bidding war with Asian buyers leave market vulnerable to Strait of Hormuz disruption

As the new Prime Minister settles into Number 10, Elmhurst Energy's managing director Stuart Fairlie looks at his record in Greater Manchester and explores what it could mean for the UK's retrofit journey

A new meter attachment makes it easier to deploy EV batteries as home backup power generators in case of an outage.

Fahnbulleh was head of a think-tank when it pushed for a total end to new drilling in the North Sea basin

The interest rate set by the Bank of England affects mortgage, loan and savings rates for millions.

Spanish power giant's grids focus continued to grow, while there was strong growth in offshore wind and solar capacity

BESS deployments in Europe are growing exponentially year-on-year, but is asset management, operations & maintenance (O&M) and data given enough priority? A data executive from BayWa r.e. discussed the topic.