Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 23/09/25.
Press release: Super battery projects that maximise renewable-generated power enter next phase of Ofgem’s green power storage scheme – Ofgem
23 September 2025. Ofgem is confirming the 77 projects entering the final assessment stage of a government-driven ‘super battery’ support scheme designed to secure investment, promote growth and stop green energy going to waste:
Article: Great Britain’s electricity grid fortified against blackouts after Iberian crash – The Guardian Online
23 September 2025, Jillian Ambrose. ‘Future-proofing’ measures in hand to avoid a repeat of Spain and Portugal outage, says system operator Neso:
Article: First Light Fusion presents novel approach to fusion – World Nuclear News
22 September 2025. British inertial fusion energy developer First Light Fusion has presented the first commercially viable, reactor-compatible path to ‘high gain’ fusion, which it says would drastically reduce the cost of what the company says is a limitless clean energy source:
Link: https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/first-light-fusion-presents-novel-approach-to-fusion
Press release: Greenpeace activists scale power station’s 75-metre chimney stacks to protest ‘The Great Gas Rip-Off’ – Greenpeace
22 September 2025. Campaigners demand energy reforms to stop expensive gas from setting electricity prices and pushing up bills. Eight climbers from Greenpeace UK have scaled two 75m-high chimney stacks at England’s largest gas-fired power station to expose the role expensive gas plays in setting electricity prices and pushing up bills:
Article: Net zero costs ‘will add £100 to household energy bills from April’ – The Telegraph Online
18 September 2025, Jonathan Leake. Blow to Miliband’s cheaper power pledge as cost of renewables projects set to balloon:
Article: Don’t blame tariffs for killing off British steel – The Telegraph Online
17 September 2025, Matthew Lynn. Ministers may condemn the US president, but the obsession with creating a net-zero economy has destroyed the industry:
Link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09/17/dont-blame-tariffs-for-killing-off-british-steel/
Article: Signals outside the UK indicate a bleak outlook for Net Zero? – Khaleej Times
17 September 2025, Hind Aldah. Since the Paris Agreement, the world has managed to generate only 10 per cent of its energy from clean sources, with 85 to 90 per cent still coming from fossil fuels:
Link: https://www.khaleejtimes.com/uae/environment/journey-to-net-zero-fossil-fuels-coal
Article: ‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders – The Guardian Online
17 September 2025, Matthew Taylor. Analysis reveals sum equal to 24.2% of average bill taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested:
Article: Regulators unite for pre-licensing of European SMR design – World Nuclear News
16 September 2025. Much needed initiative for expedited roll out of new nuclear capacity in Europe:
Article: Net zero is crippling the EU. Now Brussels wants to export its madness globally – The Telegraph Online
16 September 2025, Diana Furchtgott-Roth. As Europe grapples with the fallout of its net zero crusade – crippling energy prices, deindustrialisation, and strategic vulnerability – America is charting a different course…:
Press release: Golden age of nuclear delivers UK-US deal on energy security – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP and The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP
15 September 2025. The recent visit to the UK by President Trump appears to have invigorated the outlook for trans-Atlantic nuclear power:
Link: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/golden-age-of-nuclear-delivers-uk-us-deal-on-energy-security
Publication: Energy Switch Guarantee: Good practice guide 2024-25 – Energy UK
1 September 2025. Every year, the Energy UK’s Expert Panel holds a hearing with suppliers, in which they explore in detail how the suppliers are complying with specific areas covered by the Guarantee:
Link: https://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publications/energy-switch-guarantee-good-practice-guide-2024-25/
Update: Energy price cap will rise by 2% from October – Ofgem
27 August 2025. Ofgem announces a 2% increase of the energy price cap for the period covering October to December 2025:
Link: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/energy-price-cap-will-rise-2-percent-october
Consultation outcome: Further reforms to the CfD scheme for AR7: government response to policy proposals – Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
15 July 2025. Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, sets out the reforms to the CfD scheme for AR7:
Page: General News Roundup – Energy UK
2025. Series of up-to-date articles from Energy UK: