New analysis puts the government behind schedule for solar and wind generation. But solutions are out there.  The latest projections from energy research company Cornwall Insight state that the UK government is well behind its targets for solar and wind power generation, which is part of its plan to decarbonise the power grid by 2030. This is bad news for the new Labour government and its flagship energy policy, but help could be at hand

Each country is at a different stage of smart meter adoption. Let’s grab our passports and find out how other countries are managing the transition to smart meters.  We’ve discussed the ups and downs of the UK’s smart meter rollout many times. Due to be completed in 2019 but still in operation, the rollout has been beset by technical and budgetary problems, as well as a global pandemic that slowed it down. But how does

It’s all change at National Grid this month with a significant cash injection and some organisational change. In the UK, we use the term ‘national grid’ for the electricity transmission network. It’s the infrastructure that gets the energy from the power station into the plug sockets in our homes. However, behind the national grid, there’s National Grid, a multi-billion pound, multinational company. National Grid, headquartered in London but with additional operations in the US, is