The government’s comprehensive spending review has seen a 16% increase in departmental spending on the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) but diverted £2.5 billion of Great British Energy funding to nuclear power.

Glen Earrach Energy, the developer of a proposed pumped storage hydro (PSH) project in Scotland, has announced that it will contribute 5% of gross margin revenues from the proposed scheme to the local community.

US-headquartered virtual power plant (VPP) platform company Leap has formed a new partnership to enable electric trucks to provide grid services.

UK Power Networks (UKPN) has partnered with Field Dynamics, Cenex, and ZapMap to launch a new tool to help local authorities bid for EV charger funding.

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has published its timeline for the delivery of major reforms to the UK grid connections system.

Ahead of the upcoming Spending Review, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has announced that the UK government will invest £14.2 billion to build the Sizewell C nuclear power plant.

Mapping provider the Ordnance Survey has partnered with Transport for the North to help local authorities in the North of England expand EV charging infrastructure.

Clean energy solutions provider Kitu Systems has announced that it has completed integration testing between its Expedition charge management system (CMS) and EV charger provider FractalEV.

Irish technology company EVHACS has partnered with Mitsubishi Electric to collaborate on what it claims is the world’s first EV charger and heat pump in one solution.

Trucking industry majors Wincanton and Daimler have each made deals which will speed the electrification of trucks across Europe.