Energy & Renewables
Wherever a business is located, the same unit of electricity can cost almost nothing at one hour and much more a few hours later. So a business that moves even part of its usage into the cheap hours can make a real difference in its electricity bill.
Energy & Renewables
Manufacturers in England, Wales and Scotland have until 30 November to apply for a government scheme that could help them cut their electricity costs by up to 25% from April 2027.
Green Initiatives
A new UNEP report suggests that the global temperature rise is likely to cross 1.5°C within the next few years. However, there is still a hope of achieving the goals of Paris Agreement if we act now. Businesses, in particular, have a huge responsibility to find sustainable solutions.
Sustainability Consultant
In 2024, Gartner's survey found out that, on average only 48% of a company's digital initiatives met their business targets. The survey polled 3,186 CIOs and technology executives of all major industries across 88 countries.
Energy costs make up about 19% of office expenses in the U.S. In the UK, the story is similar. Energy UK and the CBI jointly reported that electricity prices for medium-sized UK businesses are around double the EU median of about €0.15/kWh.
Renewable Energy Investment
Ever since renewables started making to headlines, we have expected electricity to become more abundant and cheaper. In the last decade, although progress in renewables has been impressive but we still have not seen a meaningful decrease in our bills.
Sustainability Consultant
For most of the twentieth century, it was not possible to think about a car without the fuel. Today, things are changing faster than anyone expected.
The week in numbers Table with 2 columns and 5 rows of data. (column headers with buttons are sortable)7-day average price£137.87/MWhWeek's highest price£349.00/MWh (Thu 13 August)Week's lowest price£47.77/MWh (Mon 10 August)Negative price periods0Weekly
Data are sourced from Elexon BMRS half-hourly settlement prices and NESO Data Portal. The merit order suppression model is based on Cludius et al. (2014) and Clò et al. (2015). Carbon calculations use UK ETS price of £45/tonne and DESNZ 2024 grid factor of 181 gCO₂/kWh. Caption:
For most of the twentieth century, it was not possible to think about a car without the fuel. Today, things are changing faster than anyone expected.
For decades, business growth came from securing funding, attracting skilled workers, and finding customers. A new constraint is now quietly joining that list and, unlike the others, we cannot negotiate it, disrupt it, or hire our way around it.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday life, with businesses across industries exploring its potential to improve performance. However, its rapid adoption is also emerging as a major driver of rising electricity demand.
Our electricity bills are not determined at the point of generation, but by the cost of moving, balancing, and stabilizing electricity across the grid. As the system becomes more complex, the cost of the grid itself is becoming one of the most important drivers of future electricity prices.
Every time fossil fuels are burned, an indirect cost is created that eventually appears in higher energy bills, insurance, food prices, and the deterioration of infrastructure.
According to the Investment Intentions Survey in Jan 2026, 38% of investors plan to increase real estate investment over the next two years. However, ShelterBox warns that rising extreme weather could lead to the loss of 8.35 million homes annually until 2040.
Over the past few decades, the transition to a greener economy has created many new job opportunities. Still, as Artificial Intelligence (AI) gains momentum and offers immense potential, there is a growing concern that it may lead to unpredictable job losses.
War rarely stays confined to the battlefield. When conflict erupts in one of the world’s most strategically important energy regions, the consequences have a domino effect across financial markets, government budgets, and global priorities.
For more than a decade, natural gas has been promoted as a “bridge fuel” in the energy transition. But the choice comes with both an economic and environmental compromise.
Household bills are rising everywhere. While inflation and geopolitics often take the blame, extreme weather, supply disruptions, and energy market shifts are increasingly shaping the price of everyday essentials.