Every press release from DESNZ highlights the potential jobs that could be created by the latest net-zero announcement. However, the reality is lacking behind the idea.

Limiting global warming to 1.5C remains a cornerstone of the Paris Agreement, yet under current policies and alternative near-term trajectories, exceeding 1.5C is now widely assessed as unavoidable.

East Pye solar farm would cost £1bn to build, according to Island Green Power (IGP), its developer, making it the most expensive solar farm in the UK.

Europe is on track for a record wind year, having installed 8.8GW of new wind power capacity in the first half of 2026, a 30 per cent increase on the first half of 2025.

The deadline for EU countries to submit their draft National Restoration Plans under Nature Restoration Law has been reached.

These are the good, bad and ugly motorways if you drive an EV, according to The Solar Co.

Solar capacity factors averaged 15 per cent globally in 2025, according to Thunder Said Energy, with a wide variation in the efficiency of solar by region.

AVILOO, an EV battery diagnostics company, has launched its Certified EV Battery Report, claimed to be the world's largest independent study of battery health in used electric vehicles.

Octopus Energy has acquired BD Energy, a Danish technology startup specialising in fully automated trading.

EDF has signed agreements on two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects developed by Trinasolar ISBU.

New analysis by RenewableUK shows that building new onshore wind farms to reach the Government's target of 29GW of onshore wind by 2030 would save UK billpayers £3bn a year, compared to the cost of producing the same amount of electricity from new gas-fired power stations.

Claire Coutinho, the shadow energy secretary, has written a letter to Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh criticising the level of subsidy contracts in AR8, calling it “grossly negligent” to do so without a firm idea of what it will cost consumers.