Walk down almost any UK street today and you’ll see them. Sleek, black rectangles nestled on rooftops, quietly soaking up whatever sunlight our indecisive skies can muster. And in an increasingly uncertain world, their appeal is growing. Beyond the cost of setup and maintenance, solar panels can provide you with free electricity and a greater
Making the sums add up between the costs of installing a solar energy set-up and the potential savings you can make can lead to a long period of inaction, as you painstakingly try to figure out if it’s all worth it. Lewis and Veronica Rogers had their own lengthy period of deliberation, but for the
On Sunday, EU ambassadors were already concerned about the effect prolonged closure of the Gulf to gas and oil shipments might have on energy prices and shipments of liquified natural gas, of which the EU receives a portion from Qatar, according to a diplomat briefed on the discussions. The shutdown of Qatari production was also
A prolonged closure of the massive plant in the Persian Gulf would have a major impact on global supply of the fossil fuel used in electricity generation, heating buildings and powering industry. It follows U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran which began over the weekend. EU member countries were already jittery about the prospect of
“The fact is still that Europe imports most of its energy from other countries. And I think events like this just highlight how problematic, how risky that is as a strategy and how unsustainable,” said Jan Rosenow, professor of energy and climate policy at Oxford University. “The structural solution has to be renewable energy produced
Our online lives are increasingly reliant on digital data, whether it’s asking an AI chatbot a question, generating a video or transcribing an online meeting. Datacentres – giant warehouses stacked with servers to process and store all that data – have been around for decades. But what’s changing is the rapid pace and scale of
Our online lives are increasingly reliant on digital data, whether it’s asking an AI chatbot a question, generating a video or transcribing an online meeting. Datacentres – giant warehouses stacked with servers to process and store all that data – have been around for decades. But what’s changing is the rapid pace and scale of
The States said a plan had been established to develop Alderney’s offshore wind and tidal energy resources for local use and export. “A budget for 2026 has been approved to advance this work, including the development of a Marine Spatial Plan and efforts to secure a viable route to market for exported electricity,” a spokesperson
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the UK energy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Eight former UK energy ministers have called for the government to curb restrictions and taxes on the North Sea oil and gas industry, arguing that current policy is worsening energy security while doing little to
Scientists checking a large pulsed power machine that creates nuclear fusion in a nuclear fusion research facility. getty The U.S. government has launched the process to develop a regulatory framework to develop fusion machines as emerging nuclear technologies. This step to advance fusion machines was announced Feb. 26 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in