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Solar thermal

Head and shoulders photo of Christophe Williams

11/5/2026 Comment / Christophe Williams

We’re not generating too much solar; we’re relying on the grid too much

It’s not every day in Britain you hear people concerned about too much sunshine. But recent reports reveal mounting concern that solar this summer could overwhelm the grid. The issue is not that we are generating too much renewable energy. It is that we are trying to force a fundamentally new energy model through infrastructure that was never designed to support it, writes Christophe Williams FEI, CEO and founder of Naked Energy.

BESS

View of row upon row of battery energy storage systems lined up

12/11/2025 News

Power shift: Drax, RWE and Sunotec announce new BESS developments

As Europe’s energy landscape changes, so do its energy suppliers. Three cross-industry investments involving battery storage include Drax entering the short-duration storage market with a 260 MW UK BESS portfolio, RWE repurposing a former nuclear site for Germany’s largest battery project, and Sunotec partnering with Shell on an innovative cross-border financing deal in Central Eastern Europe.

Electricity

Pylons and connecting power lines with construction work nearby

4/6/2025 News

Funding approved for power line to Mozambique’s first utility-scale wind farm

The African Development Bank has approved $43.6mn for a new transmission line in Mozambique, advancing efforts to deliver clean power from the country’s first utility-scale wind project. The announcement comes as President Daniel Chapo reiterated Mozambique’s broader commitment to renewable energy expansion, highlighting plans to scale up solar, wind and hydro capacity to meet domestic demand and supply southern Africa.

BESS

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26/2/2025 News

UK’s largest BESS begins commercial operations, while BESS connection queue exceeds 2030 grid requirements twice over

BW ESS and Sungrow have begun commercial operations at the 100 MW/331 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bramley, Hampshire, the largest to be brought online in the UK to date. Meanwhile, analysis by Cornwall Insight suggests that the BESS connection queue currently exceeds the UK’s 2030 grid requirements twice over.

Technology

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15/1/2025 Comment / Jemma Green

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Dr Jemma Green FEI

Dr Jemma Green, Co-founder and Chairman of energy software company Powerledger, returns to the stage of International Energy Week on 26 February 2025, moderating a panel discussion on tripling the output of clean energy systems that also features CEO of Energy UK Dhara Vyas. Green explains how Energy Institute activities have benefitted her personally and professionally in the development of a blockchain platform for renewable energy projects.

Grid management

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27/4/2026 Comment / Jonathan Lewin

Network reinforcement isn’t enough – we need smarter maintenance decisions

Electricity networks are being asked to do far more than they were ever designed for. In response, the instinctive answer is reinforcement. Whilst it’s essential, it’s by no means a silver bullet, and rebuilding entire networks quickly enough to keep pace with change is neither practical nor affordable. The real opportunity in modernising the grid lies in intelligence – understanding how high-voltage (HV) assets like transformers, switchgears and cables are behaving, and using that data to make better informed decisions about when and where to act, writes Jonathan Lewin, Head of HV Monitoring at power engineering company EA Technology.

Heat pumps

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26/11/2025 Comment / Patrick James

Smart heat pumps: the potential for demand flexibility in the home

We are partly through a journey into widespread acceptance of the efficacy and suitability of heat pumps to serve UK homes. But a new study has demonstrated another valuable set of advantages to operators of electricity networks that should tip the balance decisively, argues Professor Patrick James from the University of Southampton.

BESS

Aerial view of rows of batteries at storage site

18/2/2026 News

Australia scales up battery storage nationwide as states race to replace retiring coal

Synergy has commissioned Australia’s largest operational battery energy storage system (BESS), the 500 MW Collie BESS in the state of Western Australia. And Octopus has acquired the 1.2 GW Hansworth BESS in New South Wales, which will take over as the largest in the country once fully connected to the electricity grid.

Grid management

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12/6/2024 Comment / Simon Skillings

The power system challenge for the new UK government

One early task for the upcoming new UK government will be to oversee, along with the National Energy System Operator, development of the electricity grid necessary to support progress towards net zero. Here, Simon Skillings, Senior Associate at climate change think tank E3G, proposes a ‘Power System Delivery Office’ to take on the task.

Grid management

16/7/2025 Comment / Andrew Ward

The power of a UK domestic consumer/supplier partnership

Much good work on cutting carbon emissions from UK homes is being done by energy suppliers working alongside their customers. Here, Andrew Ward, Chief Executive of ScottishPower’s Customer Business, describes how it is making a substantial difference.

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We’re not generating too much solar; we’re relying on the grid too much

Power shift: Drax, RWE and Sunotec announce new BESS developments

Funding approved for power line to Mozambique’s first utility-scale wind farm

UK’s largest BESS begins commercial operations, while BESS connection queue exceeds 2030 grid requirements twice over

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Dr Jemma Green FEI

Network reinforcement isn’t enough – we need smarter maintenance decisions

Smart heat pumps: the potential for demand flexibility in the home

Australia scales up battery storage nationwide as states race to replace retiring coal

The power system challenge for the new UK government

The power of a UK domestic consumer/supplier partnership