The ongoing situation in Iran, and the corresponding rise in gas prices, throws several spanners in energy and economic planning.

New battery capacity of 27.1 GWh was installed across the EU in 2025, with over half (55 per cent) coming from utility-scale systems, confirming large-scale storage as the main engine of market growth.

The UN has approved the first credits to be issued under the UN carbon market established by the Paris Agreement.

Wales has taken the next step in tackling the nature and climate emergencies after the Senedd passed the Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets) (Wales) Bill establishing a new framework for environmental protection, creating an independent watchdog and empowering Welsh Ministers to set legally binding biodiversity targets.

Ofgem has confirmed the energy price cap for April will fall by 7 per cent.

The Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative is officially relaunched, with 250 asset managers signed on to the updated Commitment Statement.

Huawei is to supply batteries to Aggreko for a project in Brazil, creating the country's largest energy storage system to date, matched with solar plants and microgrids, across the Amazon.

French utility company Engie is to acquire 100 per cent of UK Power Networks (UKPN), the UK electricity distributor in a £10.5bn deal.

The UK's first geothermal power plant will start producing electricity in the near future.

Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to suspend mackerel sourcing over concerns of overfishing.

The Adam Smith Institute’s (ASI) Electricity Tracker reveals that UK industrial electricity prices are 81 per cent higher than in France.

Climate policies continued to proliferate globally in 2025 according to the LSE Grantham Research Institute.