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Matthew Clayton, CEO of Thrive Renewables, outlines his opinion on how green community energy can build resilience against fossil fuel price shocks.

The Iran crisis is reshaping how the world produces, uses and secures energy. This is no temporary shock. It has become a structural stress test of energy systems, industrial production and government strategy.

Industrial electrification is becoming a matter of economic security as well as decarbonisation, according to new analysis from researchers at the Environmental Change Institute.

View Chris Jardine’s latest YouTube video in the Energy 101 series. Episode 7: Socio-Technical Lock-in.  From the QWERTY keyboard and British sinks, to car culture and decentralised energy,  Chris delves into the reasons why change is more difficult than it appears.

Energy bills in the UK are still expected to rise in the coming months, putting more pressure on household budgets despite the shaky ceasefire in the Gulf.

A decarbonised industrial heat system using renewable electricity has been commissioned at Annandale Distillery in Scotland, marking what its developers describe as a first-of-a-kind deployment.

Researchers from across the Smith School of Enterprise & Environment and Oxford Martin School discuss how renewed instability in the Gulf is reshaping global energy markets and what this means for UK consumers, businesses and policymakers.

The world economy survived the shocks of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, which has had limited impact on economic growth. But the escalation of hostilities in the Middle East has transformed what had been, until early 2026, a surprisingly benign outlook into a far more uncertain one. It has created ...

A new study finds EV adoption could significantly cut energy use and emissions, but only with strong government action to reduce costs and coordinate policies globally.