The National Grid ESO has published its electricity generation mix review for 2022, recording a number of notable records that led to 2022 being one of the greenest years on record – second only to 2020, where several lockdowns helped reduce carbon consumption drastically.

​Sir Keir Starmer’s support for renewable energy has been welcomed by the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).

EV fuel card firm Paua has unveiled a partnership with Optimize to provide UK businesses with a service that is able to enhance the transition to clean transportation and reduce fears of “range anxiety”.

Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) ended the year strong with its highest market share in December as one in three cars where EVs, according to New AutoMotive.

The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has published the End of Year Review for its Open Networks programme, detailing the progress of the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan which, the association said, could grant consumers energy cost savings of £10 billion a year by 2050.

​While the stretched renewable generation targets are welcome, there needs to be a greater focus on the potential of onshore wind to be rolled out rapidly in the short term, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has stated.

The electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider, EO Charging, has launched MOBILITe, a new multi-source financing and services platform to support the rollout of EV fleets and eBuses in the UK.

The UK’s renewable generation sector has started the year in full force with 4 January seeing 87.6% of zero carbon electricity generated onto the grid – a new record for the nation.

​The drop in wholesale power prices has meant that the Default Tariff Price Cap is now projected to fall below the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) from July (Q3 2022).

New research by the charity Nesta and social purpose organisation, the Behavioural Insights Team, has found that despite 98% of people in the UK taking energy-saving measures, there is still obscurity around how to most effectively reduce the cost of energy bills.