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Energy-efficient power by the kilowatt-hour

  • 5 days ago (2026-06-23)
  • Junior Isles

Smart financing drives smaller energy-efficiency projects.

By Oliver Finkill, Head of Specialist Finance, Commercial Finance UK, Siemens Financial Services (SFS)

How opening the grid to competition could cut bills and boost growth

  • 6 days ago (2026-06-22)
  • Junior Isles

Consumers are bearing the cost of an energy network that hasn't kept pace with the demands placed on it. Emma Ford, CEO of Eclipse Power, explains why consumers are paying the price for a lack of competition in energy transmission.

How energy retailers can plug the five per cent revenue leak gap

  • a month ago (2026-05-22)
  • Junior Isles

Many energy retailers are losing around five per cent of revenues through hidden, data blind spots, forecasting gaps, settlement complexity and disconnected commercial systems. These issues don’t show up in headline numbers but lie under the surface, steadily destroying asset and portfolio value. This ‘invisible erosion’ has become one of the biggest commercial risks facing energy retailers as volatility normalises and margins tighten.

By Ruben Van den Bossche, CEO of Gorilla

The pursuit of efficiency: the role of distributed energy in a successful infrastructure strategy

  • 2 months ago (2026-04-20)
  • Junior Isles

With energy becoming a significant factor in either limiting or spurring growth, businesses are looking away from the wholesale market and towards the potential held within their own estates, assets and operational footprints.

By John Behan, CEO, AMPYR Distributed Energy 

Smart energy 2.0: Moving from mandates to meaningful insights

  • 2 months ago (2026-04-15)
  • Junior Isles

Great Britain’s smart meter rollout has not been without its challenges, but smart energy infrastructure is now taking real shape.

Kyle Brown, CCO at Chameleon Technology

Electrification is no longer an option, it’s an essential

  • 2 months ago (2026-04-07)
  • Junior Isles

Energy professionals – from grid operators and system planners to power generators and investors – should view fleet electrification as part of the solution to Britain’s capacity crunch and a necessary step to protect us from global energy market instability.

By Andy Rees, Director of Power, Flexibility & Optimisation, VEV

Gate 2 was necessary, but grid reform must now focus on delivery

  • 2 months ago (2026-04-02)
  • Junior Isles

The UK’s grid connection queue is being reordered according to readiness rather than arrival date. But the so-called Under Gate 2 reforms risks locking small developers and communities out of the energy transition.

By Simon Reilly, Chief Executive of Aurora Utilities

Greenwashing has just become a much more serious issue – is the energy sector ready?

  • 3 months ago (2026-03-22)
  • Junior Isles

Green claims in energy and elsewhere have been in regulators’ crosshairs since 2021. But two significant developments are set to make the implications far more serious this year.

By Katrina Anderson, Principal Associate, and Rachel McDonnell, Partner, at national law firm Mills & Reeve

Why flexibility with be key in the green energy ecosystem

  • 3 months ago (2026-03-22)
  • Junior Isles

Flex deals that offer businesses and industry different prices depending on when they use energy. But whilst their take up has been modest in the past, the introduction of Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement is being viewed as the catalyst.

By David Sheldrake, Chief Revenue Officer, POWWR

Predictions for 2026

  • 5 months ago (2026-01-12)
  • Junior Isles

David Sheldrake, Global SVP of Sales360, POWWR, looks at what's in store for the UK's energy sector.