Infrastructure

Grid connection dates for over 200 clean energy projects brought forward by an average of 6.5 years, National Grid reveals

Major reburbishment of Scottish power station expected to increase plant’s capacity by 10 per cent

Battery deployment in the power sector is surging to record levels worldwide, but still needs to increase six-fold to meet COP28 2030 climate and energy goals, according to the IEA

Rules set to streamline permitting for electricity transmission projects, and requires only one environmental impact statement for each scheme

New Carbon Brief analysis suggests grid is on track to operate for periods without fossil fuel generation from next year

'Energy parks' that pair storage with wind or solar farms could cut electricity system costs and increase energy security, RenewableUK finds

Resolution Foundation warns sustained high interest rates could push up the cost of decarbonising the power system, but policies are available that could ensure promised energy bill savings are still delivered

Investment Delivery Forum sets out Partnership for Prosperity programme, calling on whoever forms the next government to take urgent steps to boost public-private investment in green projects

New analysis from the IEA details how clean energy has already become a key component of the world's most successful economies, and green heavy industries could follow in its wake

Consent granted to projects to double capacity at the existing Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon wind farms, as plans advance for new Viking Link interconnectors