“Never let a good crisis go to waste,” may or may not have been said by Churchill, but the idea remains the same in energy, with a new IEA report exploring the recent unprecedented wave of global energy policy making and government spending.
Recycling of materials has been going on for, well since ever, but more recent concerns have focussed on industrial scale recycling of metals, plastics and other items. However, there are the unloved things that are harder, and more expensive to recycle.
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has issued a paper, warning that the UK is currently in a “self-reinforcing high-cost, low-electrification trap”.
New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that the UK’s electricity supply has become ever more British in the last year, with a higher proportion of the energy used to supply power coming from UK-based sources and a growing independence from foreign fuels such as gas imports for gas power stations.
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has reported that two solar records were broken this week, with the highest generating 14GW.
New data shows sustained growth in science-based and net-zero targets through 2025, leading to 10,000 companies with validated targets globally in January 2026.
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) have published a paper on natural catastrophe risk management with a proposed a shared backstop of €10bn to €65bn.
EV registrations have risen 24.2 per cent to reach record high, in a UK new car market that overall grew by 6.6 per cent in March, typically the busiest month of the year, with 380,627 new vehicles registered, according to the latest figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Issue 8 of NS&I’s Green Savings Bonds have gone on sale. Money invested in the Bonds will finance green projects as part of the UK Government Green Financing Framework.
Actors David Thewlis and Jason Watkins, the main characters from Channel 4's Dirty Business, have launched an official government petition to hold a referendum on public ownership of water supply.
A £380m Government boost will support the building of one of the largest gigafactories in Europe.
Great British Energy and the Government are to invest £86.5m in a UK-first hydrogen project in South Yorkshire.
The UK's largest solar farm has gained approval from DESNZ after a planning inquiry and despite local objections.
The world’s first turbine with carbon-reduced steel tower and recyclable rotor blades has been installed in Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm.
Drax has completed the acquisition of Flexitricity, the UK-based optimiser of flexible energy assets.
EV-only leasing company Octopus Electric Vehicles, has offered new customers on-street charging from 22.5p per kWh.
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DESNZ approves UK's largest solar farm
SMMT reports record month for EV registrations
RWE installs low-carbon offshore
Octopus halves on-street charging costs
New solar and wind records
Drax completes acquisition of Flexitricity
IEA, IMF and World Bank work together
£40bn People’s Pension revises climate strategy
Autotrader to give green ratings
2025 saw a rise of 700GW in renewables
State energy spending doubles in back to the 70s response
Recycling the harder stuff
UK’s largest gigafactory receives boost
New hydrogen era in South Yorkshire
UK electricity ‘most British’ in over 20 years
Tony Blair Institute warns of “electrification trap”
STBi targets up 40 per cent in 2025
Insurers propose €65bn disaster fund
NS&I Green Savings Bonds