Be.EV has opened its new Manchester Charging Oasis site with a 1p/kWh deal on Saturday 21 June.

The Government has confirmed that the £500m allocated funding for a regional hydrogen transport and storage network will go ahead.

Acorn and Scottish Cluster partners will receive around £200m in development funding after the Spending Review, marking the first-time government support of this scale has been provided for the project.

Zonal pricing has divided opinion as much as it might divide regions, but if plans were to be implemented the number of wind farms in the South of England could see a significant rise.

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has identified eight ‘super regions’ across the UK that are ‘just right’ in terms of conditions to help drive the country’s net-zero energy ambitions.

City St George’s, University of London, is offering companies the chance to gain expert help on environmental issues free of charge.

A short story: My brother once played a simulation of competing engineering companies, rather than invest, his team sold its products at a loss until it had scooped all the orders, then destroyed the opposition. Then it raised prices.

Future of Roads Minister, Lilian Greenwood, has confirmed that the Government and industry are expected to install over 100,000 local chargepoints in the “coming years”. These will be in addition to the 80,000 public chargepoints already available in the UK.

Despite some fears, DESNZ did well in the Review, with a 16 per cent increase in overall departmental spending, reaching £12.6bn in 2028-29.

It may have been the most postponed and twisted decision, but finally the Rolls-Royce SMR design has been selected as the preferred bidder to partner with Great British Energy – Nuclear to develop small modular reactors.

Currys will boost to its Cash for Trash initiative, which allows customers to recycle unwanted technology. All old electricals deposited at any Currys store will receive at least a £10 voucher towards a £50 minimum spend, double the previous reward.

Scotland is unlikely to join in with the forthcoming funding for nuclear power, with acting Energy Secretary Gillian Martin (pictured) telling the BBC that it will focus on renewable energy.