Weekly Debrief

INSIGHTS Electric Vehicle Outlook 2025 The Electric Vehicle Outlook is BNEF’s annual flagship report looking at how electrification and other changes will impact road transport in the years ahead. The...

Today (18 June 2025) the National Energy System Operator (NESO) publishes its 2025 Early View of…

Responding to the Government’s 10 year infrastructure strategy, Energy UK CEO Dhara Vyas said: “Today’s Ten-Year Infrastructure Strategy sets out a vision for a more strategic approach to the investment in and delivery of major infrastructure projects across the UK. Utility infrastructure is increasingly interconnected as we move toward a low carbon, digitalised, energy system,… Read more

BloombergNEF’s Electric Vehicles Outlook expects almost 22 million global passenger EV sales this year, a jump of 25% from 2024, as the cost of lithium-ion batteries falls and production of more affor...

The explosive growth of AI-powered computing centers is creating an unprecedented surge in electricity demand that threatens to overwhelm power grids and derail climate goals. At the same time, artificial intelligence technologies could revolutionize energy systems, accelerating the transition to clean power. “We’re at a cusp of potentially gigantic change throughout the economy,” said William… Read more

CHPQA methodology, definitions, QI thresholds, and criteria for Good Quality certification.

The Earth could be doomed to breach a key climate target in as little as three years, scientists warn.

The global trade war with evolving tariffs, surging power demand from AI-driven data centers, electrification of transport and industry as well as geopolitical tensions have all added complexity to th...

The leading representative body for the UK offshore energy sector, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has responded to the government’s publication of updated supplementary guidance on the environmental impact for oil and gas projects in UK waters. OEUK says its members can now resume the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process for new and existing applications and […]

The global energy storage market is poised to hit new heights yet again in 2025. Despite policy changes and uncertainty in the world’s two largest markets, the US and China, the sector continues to gr...

Energy secretary speaks at launch of £1bn investment scheme to bolster jobs in offshore wind supply chain Ed Miliband has said the government will “win this fight” against critics of Britain’s net zero plan, in part by creating more offshore wind jobs in the country’s former industrial heartlands. The energy secretary appeared to take aim at his political opponents in the Conservative and Reform UK parties as he launched a £1bn investment scheme to bolster job opportunities in the offshore wind supply chain. Continue reading...

Responding to the Government’s proposals on changes to complaints handling and compensation for energy customers, Energy UK’s Deputy Director (Customers) Ned Hammond said: “The Energy Ombudsman’s own figures showed a big fall in customer complaints last year which – along with Ofgem and Citizens Advice’s survey demonstrating strong energy customer satisfaction levels – illustrates how… Read more

The Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS)1 signal will begin to be phased out from 30 June. The RTS infrastructure is over 40 years old and at the end of its operational life. Many of the components required are no longer manufactured, therefore there is a need to replace all RTS meters as soon as possible to… Read more

Solar panels on defunct surface mines could put land to productive use for renewable generation, report says Turning recently closed coalmines into solar energy plants could add almost 300GW of renewable energy by 2030, converting derelict wastelands to productive use, according to a new report. In a first of its kind analysis, researchers from Global Energy Monitor (GEM) identified 312 surface coalmines closed since 2020 around the world, and 134 likely to close by the end of the decade, together covering 5,820 sq km (2,250 sq miles) – a land area nearly the size of Palestine. Continue reading...

The Environment Agency warns England needs a 'continued and sustained effort' to cut water demand.

Solar panels are a long-term investment offering even longer-term savings – but how much do they actually cost to install? …

The long-term impact of the chemical on human health is still unclear and being researched.

Wellspring Academy Trust has completed the first phase of its solar panel rollout as it bids to cut energy costs and enrich education around sustainability Wellspring Academy Trust has completed […]

Brazil – the host of this year’s United Nations climate summit, known as COP30 – must have looked on with dismay when only 13 governments submitted their new decarbonization pledges by the February de...

We investigate the role our forests are playing in offsetting carbon emissions.

ブルームバーグNEF（BNEF）が発表した調査リポート「電気自動車の長期見通し」によると、リチウムイオン電池の価格低下と、より低価格なモデルの生産拡大を背景に、今年の世界の乗用電気自動車（EV）の販売台数は約2,200万台に達し、2024年比で25％の大幅な増加が見込まれます。 世界のEV販売台数のうち、中国が約3分の2を占め、欧州が17％、米国が7％を占める見込みです。一方、新興国市場は、中国の...

It is first time that the BBC has taken such action regarding alleged scraping of its content for AI.

The biggest tech firms are using AI to forecast the weather but is that better than existing models?

System failure caused by network’s inability to control grid voltage said to be behind outage in Spain and Portugal The unprecedented blackout that brought the Iberian peninsula to a standstill at the end of April was caused by surging voltages triggering “a chain reaction of disconnections” that shut down the power network, an expert report commissioned by the Spanish government has found. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday afternoon, the country’s environment minister, Sara Aagesen, ruled out a cyber-attack as the cause of the outage on 28 April, saying it had been down to a “multifactorial” system failure caused by the network’s inability to control grid voltage. Continue reading...

The announcement comes as Trump pressures big technology firms to increase manufacturing in America.

The technology to build your own lethal weapon is promoted on social media

Most of us spend around 90% of our time indoors – but the air inside our homes isn’t always as…

Illegal mining is a big problem in Ghana. Now tech is being used to combat it.

It's breaking records for online gaming - what's behind its growing appeal?