Daily Debrief

The takeover will leave Octopus, British Gas and E.ON with 74% of the domestic energy market

The boss of a Norwegian oil company has sent a strong message to Labour as it awaits the final decision on the drilling sites

Competition watchdog clears takeover despite concerns that suppliers will have less incentive to lower bills Almost three-quarters of households in Great Britain are now served by just three energy suppliers, after E.ON Next completed a deal to buy Ovo Energy despite fresh concerns about competition in the energy…

Analysis shows hydrogen could generate widescale employment and help industrial decarbonisation with stronger policies

'Stop', 'start' and 'reset' buttons are easily accessible to hackers for more than 8,000 systems

Wood Mackenzie’s latest global report on levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) shows that advancing technologies and market dynamics continue to drive divergent prices, with four-hour battery storage now less expensive than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets where both technologies were modeled. In the Middle…

Data centres are driving a surge in electricity demand as developers face growing grid connection delays

Infrastructure investor Actis has entered the Polish energy storage market with the acquisition of two large-scale projects from DTEK's DRI, while R.Power and Solax have announced project updates in the country.

More than 600 European wind power systems are exposed to remote cyber interference, with attackers capable of striking within hours, according to new research.

As it brings a string of German renewable energy acquisitions under one umbrella, the oil and gas giant talks targets, market reforms, Chinese technology and offshore wind