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…
Kwarteng to hold emergency meeting with gas chiefs over price crisis
Business secretary says he will let small suppliers go bust to protect consumers from higher pricesKwasi Kwarteng, the business secretary, will hold an emergency summit with gas industry chiefs on Monday morning in an effort to contain the fallout caus…
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…
Business minister bids to calm crisis fears as UK gas prices soar
No cause for alarm now, says Kwasi Kwarteng as energy discussions are likened to early Covid crisis talksThe government was scrambling on Saturday night to reassure Britons that rising gas prices would not plunge the country into an energy crisis, as m…
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…
Politicians should take note: an energy crisis is quietly building | Nils Pratley
Over-reliance on gas as ‘transition’ source of energy and system’s lack of resilience is being exposedPrice spikes in the global energy market are meant to happen during the cold months of a northern hemisphere winter, which is why their arrival now is…
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 …
SNP members call for creation of state-run energy company
Motion will be seen as rebuke to party leader Nicola Sturgeon, who pledged to establish national firm in 2017Scottish National party members backed a call for a state-run energy company to be set up on the second day of their autumn conference, four ye…