Weekly Debrief

However costs of battery storage, solar and wind are all still set to fall by 2035 despite last year's price flux, according to BloombergNEF

UK Hydrogen Energy Association calls for cross-ministerial action to prevent further delays to funding allocation rounds and a national strategy refresh

UK ambitions of larger structures for offshore wind farms take a dent as Orsted pulls the plug on a major contract

French utility company EDF says operations in Somerset will start a year later as delay costs firm €2.5bn Britain’s first new nuclear plant in a generation at the Hinkley Point C site will face further delay, at a cost of €2.5bn to the French utility company EDF. EDF said the first reactor at the site in Somerset will begin operations in 2030, a year later than planned – almost 13 years after construction work began – after a series of delays to the project. Continue reading...

UK minister says agreement with US governor aims to boost technology sharing and mutual investment

New programme to automatically charge EVs at optimal times promises to reward drivers with cash payments totalling up to £100 a year

UK passed landmark 1,000th new zero emission HGV registrations last year, though buses and coaches remain most rapidly decarbonising road segment

More than 150 energy technology breakthroughs identified in new IEA report, which highlights how energy security has emerged as a leading driver of innovation

Announcement comes as UK government strikes fresh agreement to deepen clean energy cooperation and investment with the US state

”Right now we see strong orders for this turbine class in the 14-15MW segment coming from all across Europe,” says Christoph Zipf, head of Press and Communication at WindEurope.

Vallourec has signed a memorandum of understanding with Baker Hughes aimed squarely at the compression storage interface, a segment where efficiency losses and capital intensity frequently undermine project bankability.

The UK’s hydrogen strategy is increasingly defined by whether projects can move beyond policy ambition and anchor demand in existing industrial systems. That tension sits at the core of a newly signed memorandum of understanding between Hy24 and Hynamics UK, which sets out plans to develop a £300 million green hydrogen facility in Fawley.

The UK just saw its biggest year of grid-scale battery storage deployments, but planning barriers “threaten to stall momentum,” according to one expert.

Emerging energy technologies are transforming the electric grid by adding flexibility, reliability and expanded power generation, but can also increase cyber risk, since many legacy devices were not built to meet today’s cybersecurity expectations. UL Solutions has launched a new certification program that creates the first industry-wide cybersecurity baseline for distributed energy resources (DER) and…

A giant LNG plant moored in the sea off Congo is a cutting-edge way of supplying Europe with energy

Senkron Digital has announced the launch of a new intelligent energy trading platform, OnePact Monetize, to automate and optimise participation in electricity markets for flexible assets such as batteries, hybrid plants, and renewables.

Smarter cables could help save offshore wind farm developers money while changes in material technology could also result in savings, finds report

Prime Controls has launched a new CIBSE-certified CPD module, Unlocking energy savings in buildings with retrofit wireless lighting controls, designed to support the growing demand for smarter, more sustainable commercial […]

We’re seeking feedback on the contents of the draft HNTAS Code documents, the Heat Network Technical Standard (TS1) and the Metering and Monitoring Standard (MMS).

December saw plugin EVs at 43.8% share in the UK, up from 40.0% year on year, with BEVs alone taking 32.2% share. Full year 2025 saw EVs at 34.6% share, up from 28.1% in 2024. Overall December auto volume was 146,249 up some 4% YoY. Full year 2025 auto volume ...

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed an electrolyte architecture that enables protons to conduct charge via a “hopping” mechanism, offering an alternative to volatile, flammable liquids that dominate conventional battery designs such as lithium‑ion.

A flurry of BESS project news from big-name players in Western Europe in the run-up to the Energy Storage Summit next week, with Neoen, Statkraft, Zenobē and Infranode moving projects forward in Germany, Ireland, the UK and Denmark. Highlights include a 15-year toll between Drax and Zenobē, and multiple 4-hour duration systems.

Leveraging 12 years of energy storage expertise, Cubenergy has launched FlexCombo 2.0, a next-generation flexible energy storage AC Block.

Residential solar and storage installers do much more than just install equipment. They step into a customer’s living room and talk about comfort, money and safety. That’s why communication about grid services and virtual power plants (VPPs) has never been more critical. These aren’t abstract “grid assets” – they’re batteries in someone’s garage, attached to…

With the UK facing a mounting stockpile of used EV batteries, the risks of unsafe storage are rising. The UK has been an early mover on EV adoption, with aggressive, […]

Typically, when people talk about electric vehicles, the metrics they focus on are price, range, energy efficiency, charging speed, battery size, and so on. For EV chargers, the focus may first be on charging speed, cost per charging session, and charger availability where one drives. However, there are also broader ...

Envision founder Zhang Lei says renewables are essential to stop the technology driving up household bills

Delays raise bill for flagship UK nuclear project to almost £49bn at today’s prices

The transition to electric and digital vehicles is also a race, and right now the UK is in danger of losing ground, writes Palmer Energy's Andy Palmer

UK's biggest aviation hub aiming to go beyond government mandate with new goal for 5.6 per cent Sustainable Aviation Fuel use in 2026