World’s energy watchdog intervenes after Russia decides not to increase exports despite record pricesThe world’s energy watchdog has called on Russia to send more gas to Europe as the energy supply crunch bleeds across the continent, in a rare public r…
BP’s joint solar venture Lightsource BP to more than double expansion by 2025
Deal worth £1.3bn means operation will develop enough solar farms to power equivalent of 8.4m homes‘The potential for solar is huge’: future looks bright for Lightsource BPBP’s joint solar venture, Lightsource BP, will more than double its global expan…
‘The potential for solar is huge’: future looks bright for Lightsource BP
Founder Nick Boyle explains how Lightsource will help power one of the biggest corporate transformations ever attemptedBP’s joint solar venture Lightsource BP to more than double expansion by 2025Nick Boyle, the founder and chief executive of solar pow…
Energy market crisis: what caused it and how does it affect my bills?
UK wholesale energy markets have hit record highs in recent weeks. Here’s what you need to knowThe UK’s wholesale energy markets have reached record highs in recent weeks. The trouble stems from a global surge in demand for gas following a cold winter …
Majority of UK’s small energy suppliers could be left to collapse this winter
Government would rather protect households than prop up struggling companies, says industry sourceThe majority of the UK’s small energy suppliers could be left to collapse this winter, the Guardian understands, as the government’s crisis talks focus on…
Fire shuts one of UK’s most important power cables in midst of supply crunch
Coal plants being warmed up as market prices surge to £2,500 per MWh from a norm of £40A major fire has forced the shutdown of one of Britain’s most important power cables importing electricity from France as the UK faces a supply crunch and record hig…
Britain’s last coal power stations to be paid huge sums to keep lights on
Plants called on to supply electricity owing to lack of wind power and record wholesale energy pricesOwners of the UK’s last remaining coal power stations are in line to be paid record sums to keep the lights on as energy prices reach fresh highs, and …
Electric cars: Ofgem plans easier way for drivers to sell energy back to grid
Proposal by Great Britain’s regulator is to help make the switch from fossil fuel cars more affordableOfgem plans to make it easier for electric vehicle drivers to sell the energy stored in their car batteries back to power grid as part of a move to he…
Drax faces prosecution over health risk of dust from biomass pellets
Allegations relate to employee safety at power plant and spark renewed criticism from environmentalistsThe owner of the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire faces a criminal prosecution hearing after allegations that dust from wood pellets used to gener…
National Grid and SSE to use electricity transformers to heat homes
Exclusive: plan is to harness ‘waste heat’ and cut carbon emissions for households connected to district networksThousands of homes could soon be warmed by the heat from giant electricity grid transformers for the first time as part of new plans to har…