Financing the Energy Transition – The Gigafactory Build-out

27 November, 2023
Batteries are essential for powering low-carbon technologies, facilitating the shift from internal-combustion-engine (ICE) vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) and enabling storage of renewable energy. It comes as no surprise then that the energy transition is causing the global demand for batteries to grow at an unprecedented rate, with a projected 14-fold increase between now and … Read more

Financing the Energy Transition – Critical Minerals Processing

26 September, 2023
Introduction The transition to cleaner technologies such as solar and wind power, battery storage and electric vehicles has prompted a global surge in forecast demand for critical minerals over the coming years. The need to increase exploration, extraction and recycling of critical minerals is mostly understood. However, questions of the security of the wider critical … Read more

Energy Prices Act 2022—need for secondary legislation

03 November, 2022
Energy analysis: The Energy Prices Act (the Act), introduced as a Bill to Parliament on 12 October 2022, was passed into law on 25 October 2022. Originally introduced as part of the former Prime Minister, Liz Truss’s, mini-budget, this emergency legislation includes a series of measures addressing the current energy crisis. This analysis was first … Read more

RIDERS ON THE STORM – UK AND EU RAMP UP ENERGY CRISIS RESPONSES AS WINTER LOOMS

13 September, 2022
The post below was first published on our Policy Matters blog. On her third day as Prime Minister, Liz Truss announced an unprecedented £150 billion support package for households and business alongside emergency electricity market interventions which will feed into a more fundamental ongoing review. The EU also announced radical proposals. We take a look at … Read more

UK REVIEW OF ELECTRICITY MARKET ARRANGEMENTS: STARTING GUN FIRED ON MULTI-YEAR REVOLUTIONARY REFORM?

23 August, 2022
On 18 July 2022 the Government released a consultation on options for all non-retail electricity markets in Great Britain: the wholesale market, balancing mechanism and ancillary services. Everything is on the table from the most radical to the incremental. Investors and market participants should pay attention. Days after the new Energy Security Bill was introduced … Read more