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Jonathan Brearley became chief executive of the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem in 2020.  Since then, he has seen the organisation…

A few years ago, solar power became the “cheapest electricity in history”, but it still lacked the ability to meet…

Reform UK’s local-election victories in May 2025 could put 6 gigawatts (GW) of new clean-energy capacity at risk, according to…

The UK’s chancellor Rachel Reeves gave the green light this week to the Sizewell C new nuclear plant in Suffolk,…

The global shift towards a clean-energy system is much more than just a technological switch – it is a profound…

The UK’s solar farms and rooftops generated more electricity than ever before in the first five months of 2025, as…

The UK’s high electricity prices have become intensely political, with competing claims over the cause of rocketing bills and how…

For the first time, the growth in China’s clean power generation has caused the nation’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to…

Hydrogen has long been hyped as the “Swiss army knife” of the energy transition, but today – despite billions in investment –…

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies has driven the “surging” growth of data centres in China, with…