Blogs

To date, the UK has installed more than 14 GW of onshore wind energy and has a pipeline of planned projects totaling 23 GW. During the second quarter of 2023, there was the highest quarterly capacity submitted into planning so far, suggesting significant future growth of wind developments.

Section editor John Lubbock analyses the reasoning and likely effects of the government's announcement that it will abandon some net zero targets.

Vattenfall Heat UK's Bindi Patel discusses the need to increase district heating to meet the government's decarbonisation targets.

The impact of inflation on the offshore wind industry is being felt globally. With markets recalibrating to factor in supply chain costs, we look at how and why investment has been interrupted, and when it will begin to flow again.

K2 Management's Will Sheard discusses how the disappointing AR5 result for offshore wind should be a learning curve for future CfD rounds.

In the latest instalment of our series on community energy in the UK, we look at the government's £10 million fund and talk to shadow Labour minister Dr Alan Whitehead.

With World EV Day 2023 set to take place on 9 September, Current± looks back at some of our most read EV-oriented blog posts of 2023 so far.

Following the success of the Demand Flexibility Service last year, National Grid ESO has confirmed it will return this winter – but what’s changing?

Stew Horne, head of policy at Energy Saving Trust, talks about why we need a public engagement campaign on the benefits of demand flexibility.

Oliver Bridges, head of energy data at NTT DATA UK&I, talked to Current± about why the upcoming energy market reforms, in particular half hourly settlement, are a game changer for the industry.