Renewables accounted for 40% of the UK’s electricity generation in 2021, according to new figures from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES).
While tight operational margins are expected over the coming winter, National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) is confident it will be able to manage these using its standard operational tools, it has said.
Contracts awarded to renewable energy projects last week would save £7 billion on electricity costs under wholesale prices seen in the current crisis, according to analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
Current± caught up with the energy sector, to find out their reactions to the recent increase in support funded by a windfall tax of oil and gas companies.
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has criticised the lack of governmental support for onshore wind, highlighting that by 2035 the shortfall in the rollout of the technology could cost each household £125.
Yesterday’s British Energy Security Strategy has been met with disappointment from many in the energy sector, who have branded it a ‘missed opportunity'. Current± takes a look at how the industry has responded to the strategy.
A third of Britons are now considering installing a heat pump in an effort to get off Russian gas, according to a new survey from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).
