Weekly Debrief

Regulator approves bumper investment package to upgrade the UK's grid and better shield customers from volatile energy bills

This programme supported innovation in hydrogen BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technologies with £31 million in funding.

Find out how the government is helping people access the benefits of climate and nature action.

RWE is taking a final investment decision for its Pembroke Battery Storage project, its largest UK storage project.

Funding is first step in programme UK energy regulator says will add £108 to British households’ bills

When BP announced in 2021 that H2Teesside could supply more than 10 percent of the UK’s planned clean power system by 2030, it positioned blue hydrogen as a central pillar in the country’s industrial decarbonisation strategy. That projection hinged on a 1.2 gigawatt facility expected to serve major regional off-takers. The withdrawal of BP’s Development [...]

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband's speech to the Nuclear Industry Association's Nuclear 2025 conference

Global sales of green products and services growing twice as fast as conventional revenue streams, according to new World Economic Forum analysis

To reach net zero affordably, the UK must treat heat and power as critical parts of one whole energy system, not separate policy silos, argues ADE: Heat Networks' Alicja Zakrzewska

Heidelberg Materials UK is carrying out trials using CarbonCure technology in ready-mixed concrete for the first time in England

Charlie Beharrell from Heata explains how the firm is capitalising on the AI and data boom to provide home heating through a decentralised data centre model

New report sets out series of recommendations to turn bio-based and biodegradable chemicals and materials into a multi-billion pound industry

Findings from the interim evaluations into the administration, delivery and impacts of the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES).

The latest meeting of the AI Energy Council - the final round of discussions for 2025 - has taken place in London.

A demonstration combining tidal power, battery storage, and hydrogen production has been completed at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland.

US-based TAE Technologies strikes deal with UK government’s atomic laboratory

Europe’s hydrogen economy is taking a decisive step forward as Uniper and thyssenkrupp Uhde have formalized a framework agreement to deploy large-scale ammonia cracking technology.

State-owned entity wants to back 15GW and mobilise £15bn private finance

Amaral joins Principle Power with a remit to scale up floating offshore wind in key markets

Morecambe offshore wind project could power more than half a million UK homes when it comes online

The UK government said it remains committed to supporting low-carbon hydrogen production after BP cancelled its landmark project in Teesside, faced with a reduced demand outlook and competition from a rival data center project on the site. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero had been due to rule on a planning application for BP's 600-MW H2Teesside carbon capture-enabled hydrogen plant

The Guardian is reporting that Tesla has been “privately warning” (aka lobbying) the UK government that its plans to water down EV policies will hurt EV sales and make it harder for the country to reach its climate goals. First of all, well, I think all of that must be ...

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, has launched its revolutionary One Digital Grid Platform to the UK and Ireland market. Following its first announcements earlier this year in the […]

The Offshore Wind Growth Partnership has awarded £2.4 million to nine supply chain companies, aimed at enhancing their capabilities and increasing capacity within the offshore wind sector.

This programme funded and supported the design and development of innovative technical solutions that could facilitate system-wide coordination and standardisation across multiple flexibility markets.

Macro Offshore has won a contract with Siemens Energy for the provision of accommodation services to various offshore wind projects in the North Sea.

Warning comes as Harbour Energy says it will axe 100 of its offshore workforce after chancellor kept headline 78% levy

PDi has supported Shell in delivering the Victory Gas Field development West of Shetland, helping bring new domestic gas into Britain’s grid. The Victory project is a single well subsea tie back located around 47 kilometres north west of Shetland, connected into the Greater Laggan Area network and routed to the Shetland Gas Plant before […]

Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.

The companies have finalized an agreement to merge their UK oil and gas operations to form the company Adura.