Electric Insights

2025 got off to a turbulent start. Spain and Portugal suffered Europe’s largest blackout in over a decade, sparking considerable debate over the causes and […]

UK is being held back by its creaking planning system. Examples are abundant, from spectacular delays and cost overruns of HS2 to the nationwide shortfall […]

Solar PV has raced from a green fringe technology to a global front-runner. The world spent close to half a trillion dollars on solar panels […]

Britain’s electricity mix is well on its way to becoming low carbon; in 2024 clean sources delivered 68% of generation, and wind edged ahead of […]

The UK is electrifying at a record pace. Last year, 382 thousand electric vehicles rolled onto our roads, just shy of 1 in every 5 […]

Gas was the largest source of Britain’s electricity as the first quarter of the year was punctuated by long spells of calm weather. Offshore wind […]

The first quarter of 2025 saw relatively few records broken on Britain’s power system. Wind and solar power both edged upwards in March, with wind […]