Business & Industry
Future of Energy 2026
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Biomethane is the practical choice for business
Biomethane is a proven, renewable gas that can help cut emissions today, using existing infrastructure while turning organic waste into useful energy. Biomethane deserves more attention than it gets, insists Stuart Rennie, Managing Director for Renewable Gases UK at global energy group ENGIE. As a renewable gas, it’s a vital and growing part of the...
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Delivering the industrial supply chains for nuclear’s next era
Nuclear energy is attracting renewed interest as governments look for reliable low-carbon power to meet growing electricity demand and address energy security concerns. Thirty-nine countries, including the UK, have endorsed a declaration to triple global nuclear capacity. This commitment is supported by stated national nuclear targets which could lead to the global nuclear capacity of...
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Plug-in solar: What it means for UK homes and installers
From August 27, 2026, new regulations will allow compliant plug-in solar devices to connect directly to a standard UK socket, bringing a technology widely adopted across parts of Europe into the UK market. The way UK households can generate their own electricity is about to change. Plug-in solar, often known as “balcony solar,” is a smaller...
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How can energy respond intelligently to the climate crisis?
Learn how AI, digitalisation and smart energy technologies can help the UK build a more resilient electricity system in light of rising demand, extreme weather and grid pressures. This summer, the UK has continuously broken heat records, with similar heatwaves across Europe placing fresh pressure on power generation and electricity networks. Event tackles today’s energy...
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One field, two harvests: what does smarter climate action look like?
The climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution are deeply connected. Yet, policies to address them are still often designed separately and sometimes create new tensions of their own. In Sosa, Japan, solar panels are doing more than generating clean electricity. They are helping keep farmland in production, supporting farmers’ incomes and returning energy revenues to...
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How Ofgem is helping Britain switch to clean power
From powering major seasonal events and rising electricity demand to AI and data centres, the challenge is constant: keeping the power on today while preparing for a cleaner, smarter energy future. For Britain’s energy system, there’s no summer slowdown. That is where Ofgem comes in. Ofgem’s role is to ensure the transition to clean power is...
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How is renewable energy the long-term answer to the current energy crisis?
We are constantly dealing with the fundamental weakness in Britain’s energy system: events thousands of miles away can determine how much British households pay to keep the lights on. Yet, the political response from some quarters is to argue that Britain should return to North Sea oil and gas. This would risk locking the UK...
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From grid strain to grid gain: rethinking data centre growth
Data centres are major players in the GB energy system and could account for 12% of all GB electricity demand by 2050. With network connection requests for data centres skyrocketing, sustainability must be at the forefront of strategic system planning. Yet the Government’s narrow focus on connections and lack of a wider strategy to manage...
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New hydrogen infrastructure could transform UK industry
The HyNet Hydrogen Network project has been designed to connect the North West’s key industry with low-carbon hydrogen. It’s also an opportunity to future-proof the region’s growth and industrial workforce. Industrial decarbonisation isn’t just a ‘nice to have’ for the UK’s gas sector. It’s a central feature of the country’s net zero timetable and will...
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Affordable, resilient energy is becoming a defining competitive advantage
Access to affordable, reliable energy is becoming a defining source of national and commercial competitiveness. For years, the dominant narrative has been that the world is moving through one shared transition: from fossil fuels to cleaner, more electrified systems. The latest Statistical Review of World Energy tells a more complicated and less comfortable story. Total...