Energy

First reactor at 3.2GW nuclear power project in Somerset now expected to start commissioning in 2030, at a further cost of €2.5bn to EDF

Energy UK and CBI urge Ministers to work with businesses to identify reforms that can curb energy costs, as fresh warnings are issued over soaring data centre electricity demand

Stand-off over the role of the International Energy Agency intensifies, as White House ramps up calls for the influential agency to stop tracking climate and clean energy progress

Conservative Environment Network accuses Labour, SNP, and Reform of 'letting Scottish workers down' by failing to adequately plan for North Sea transition

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: February 2026 part two

There are encouraging signs the government’s clean power plans are starting to deliver on their considerable promise, but concerns remain over costs, delivery, and the continuing 'spark gap'

Sustainable Markets Initiative sets out roadmap for the finance sector to better support carbon capture utilisation and storage development

Scotland's Just Transition Commission warns policymakers in Holyrood and Westminster that 'there is no just path to net zero through deindustrialisation'

BNEF reveals corporates delivered second highest level of annual clean power purchase agreement activity in 2025

University of Surrey research calculates hybrid offshore renewable energy systems could generate 70 per cent more power than standard offshore wind farms