We knew this would be happening, but rather than prepare for it, things were cut to bone to make a profit instead.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/24/heatwave-great-britain-grid-operator-extra-electricity-power-plants

#ClimateCrisis #UKEnergy #Heatwave

Heatwave pushes Great Britain’s grid operator to call for extra electricity from power plants

Neso issues rare summer warning for Wednesday evening, as households turn on fans and air conditioning

The Guardian
Energy bills to rise for millions as impact of Iran war hits

A household using a typical amount of energy will pay £221 a year more, under the regulator's new price cap.

BBC News

"the nearly 36,000 solar panels installed on the site are literally a shining example of what can be achieved when a renewable energy project is co-owned by local people."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/08/a-share-in-the-delight-the-people-investing-in-the-uks-first-community-owned-solar-battery

#solarpower #UKenergy

‘A share in the delight’: the people investing in the UK’s first community-owned solar battery

Oxfordshire’s Ray Valley Solar already generates clean energy for 7,000 homes, and is now crowdfunding storage to marry daylight with evening demand

The Guardian
10 reasons why privatisation is bad for you

We Own It
UK solar generation hits record 15 GW as gas falls to historic low
Solar set a new generation record on Great Britain’s electricity grid during a week that also saw zero-carbon supply reach an all-time high. The new records come as the grid operator expands demand-side flexibility markets in anticipation of lower summer demand driven by strong solar irradiance.
#solar #solarpv #ukenergy
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2026/04/24/uk-solar-generation-hits-record-15-gw-as-gas-falls-to-historic-low/

The UK signed a contract today for nuclear power it won't see until the mid-2030s. We covered the fund Norway built from the same North Sea oil the UK spent. The two stories are the same story.
Sovereign Energy -- new on Sovereign Auditor.
https://sovereignauditor.substack.com/p/sovereign-energy

#EnergySOvereignty #NorthSea #Nuclear #SMR #UKEnergy #NorwayFund

Sovereign Energy.

We wrote about the fund Norway built and the UK didn't. Today the UK signed a contract for power it won't see until the 2030s. The gap between those two facts is the argument.

The Sovereign Auditor
Britain breaks solar energy record twice as UK’s biggest solar farm gets approval

Record high set on Monday and raised on Tuesday, with 14.4GW of electricity generated in sunny spring weather

The Guardian

@regendans both are true. Wind (and solar) are making massive strides to make our electricity more green and there will be no going back to fossil fuel electricity - green is cheaper now.

However most of our heating is gas. There is a lot of work/legislation going on now to get more heat pumps and better insulation installed, but it's still going to take years. In the meantime, gas will still be required, better to get some here than import it from unreliable or unsavoury partners.

#ukenergy #GreenTransition