How the new Great British Grid could help households benefit from abundant and cheap renewable power
As Britain builds more renewable energy, it will need to get better at encouraging people to use electricity when it’s plentiful.
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Fact Check: has the amount of renewable electricity trebled?
Lib Dem energy minister Ed Davey says renewable electricity has soared under the coalition. Is he right?
Renewables are cheaper than ever – so why are household energy bills only going up?
New means of generating electricity need new energy markets.
Fully renewable electricity could destabilise the grid – but old coal plants may have a solution
Here’s how spinning metal can smooth out the spikes in renewable electricity generation.
Plans to link electricity bills to where you live are unlikely to bring down prices – and that’s a big problem for net zero
‘Zonal pricing’ would not address price distortions caused by gas.
Energy isn’t just electricity – the common mistake obscuring the mammoth task of decarbonisation
Electricity is only one part of the green energy puzzle we need to solve.
How to help energy demand match renewable supply
Wind and solar power can be intermittent. Should our usage be too?
How rising wholesale electricity prices will affect the switch to electric vehicles
Electric cars are still more resilient to price shocks than vehicles running on fossil fuels.
Energy generators’ soaring revenues highlight deep problems in the way Britain prices its electricity
British electricity generators saw their revenues increase by £29 billion in 2022 – here’s why that happened.
The world is not building enough green power – here’s another way to tackle Paris targets
The case for pragmatism, not dogma.