Blog - Guest Blogs & Editorials

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

  • 8 days 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.

John Behan, CEO, AMPYR Distributed Energy 

Smart energy 2.0: Moving from mandates to meaningful insights

  • 13 days 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

  • 21 days 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

  • 26 days 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?

  • a month 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

  • a month 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

  • 3 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.

What comes after ‘peak profitability’ for energy retailers?

  • 3 months ago (2026-01-10)
  • Junior Isles

Despite the volatility felt across the energy retail sector in recent years, for many B2B suppliers, that period was also one of peak profitability. But that’s not the case anymore. Now retailers find themselves in a far harsher environment that’s shaking up their operations.

By Ruben Van den Bossche, Founder and CEO of Gorilla

Biomethane: The UK's untapped energy opportunity

  • 6 months ago (2025-10-11)
  • Junior Isles

How waste-to-energy technology could reshape Britain's fuel market.

By Dr Chris Mann, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Bennamann

How better export tariffs will lead to a fairer distribution of energy

  • 7 months ago (2025-09-13)
  • Junior Isles

To compete moving forward, suppliers must pay as much attention to the export tariffs as the retail cost of energy so as to appeal to a more energy-savvy customer.

By Scott Barber, Head of I&C, POWWR