Blogs

Rachel Reeves Chancellor fo the Exchequer

October 29, 2024

Decarbonisation and the 2024 Autumn Budget: the industry speaks

The UK chancellor Rachel Reeves will reveal the Autumn Budget tomorrow (30 October), the first set by a Labour government in over a decade.

October 22, 2024

Current± Disruptors: Caldera on industrial heat storage

Current± spoke to James Macnaghten, co-founder and CEO of Caldera, to see how the company is targeting the decarbonisation of industrial heat.

October 15, 2024

Aquind Interconnector: energy security saviour or national security threat?

In this blog, Current± explores the embattled Aquind interconnector, which has faced planning delays and MoD dispute.

October 10, 2024

Overcoming the grid connection hurdle

Current± discusses the grid connection issue with Cornwall Insight's Matthew Chadwick and Kate Mulvaney and BalancePower's Oliver Petterson.

October 8, 2024

A resurgence of public sector wind energy projects in England?

In this contributed blog, Stephen Cirell, an independent renewable energy consultant and author, explores the potential for a wind energy boom in England.

October 1, 2024

Finding the right application for green hydrogen

Green hydrogen will no doubt play a key role in Britain’s long-term decarbonisation, but it is important to utilise it in the right areas.

September 26, 2024

Current± Disruptors: Super6 on the barriers to supercapacitor uptake

Current± spoke to Hector Lancaster, co-founder of Super6, a startup trying to reduce the cost and performance barriers to supercapacitor uptake.

Prime Minister Kier Starmer and Welsh First Minister Eluned Morgan sit opposite each other in chairs in a white room in front of UK and Welsh flags

September 19, 2024

What can GB Energy learn from Wales’ nationalised renewable energy?

With GB Energy finally starting to make progress, Current± explores what the new body can learn from Welsh success in state-owned renewable energy projects.