Insights into Britain’s electricity via @draxgroup. 💡 📄 Reports: Imperial Consultants @imperialcollege 📊 Data: Elexon, National Grid and Sheffield Solar
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🗞️ We’ve published the Q1 2026 edition of #ElectricInsights. @imperialcollege @iain_staffell
It explores how Britain’s AI ambition depends on the grid; how we can insulate Britain from geopolitical energy shocks ; and much more.
Read the report: reports.electricinsights.co.…
Britain’s energy prices are fighting against its net zero ambitions, with people switching to electric vehicles and heat pumps facing higher bills. 💡
Why is the ratio between electricity and gas prices so high in the UK?
Find out in Electric Insights: reports.electricinsights.co.…
In 2025, renewable energy output from wind, solar and biomass reached record highs, with clean sources supplying more than three-fifths of Britain’s electricity. Does this translate into lower bills and lower emissions? 🌍
Read more in #ElectricInsights: reports.electricinsights.co.…
AI presents a major growth opportunity, expected to boost UK GDP by £550 billion over the coming decade, with data centres powering this rapid increase. How will the grid keep up with increased demand? 📈
Find out in the latest #ElectricInsights report: reports.electricinsights.co.…
Output from wind and solar reached record highs in 2025. 📈
But record renewables meant record system pain - Electric Insights highlights the importance of dispatchable generation, like biomass. 🍃
Read more: ➡️ reports.electricinsights.co.…
UK data centre demand is forecast to quadruple by 2030. 📈
How can we ensure the grid keeps pace with this increasing demand? The latest Electric Insights explores the importance of AI growth zones.⚡
Read more: ➡️ reports.electricinsights.co.…
For the first time, clean sources supplied more than three-fifths of Britain’s electricity in 2025 - up from just one-fifth in 2010. 🍃
But what impact did this have on the energy system? Electric Insights explains. ⚡
Read more: ➡️ reports.electricinsights.co.…
⚡️ Electric Insights ⚡️ retweeted
We are all used to stories of the UK in decline… Electricity is no exception: demand has fallen for 20 years as we outsource industry.
But Britain has turned a corner: demand up two years in a row. AI data centres now consume more power than Birmingham and could 4x by 2030.
ALT Two charts showing data from Electric Insights. Britain’s annual electricity demand over the last 50 years. Growth in electricity demand last year compared to the previous decade across several countries.
🗞️ The Q4 2025 #ElectricInsights report is now live.
@imperialcollege @iain_staffell
It explores how AI and data centres have pushed up Britain’s electricity demand; how 2025 was a record year for renewable production; oil and gas in an over-supplied world; and much more.
Read the full report: reports.electricinsights.co.…
🔋Britain’s battery energy storage systems (BESS) can hold together abundant renewables and reliable, affordable power.
👉Find out why it matters in our latest edition: reports.electricinsights.co.…
New data from #ElectricInsights in @thetimes shows that demand for UK electricity is surging, following two decades of decline. 📈
Read the full article: thetimes.com/business/energy…
🔋Britain’s battery energy storage systems (BESS) can hold together abundant renewables and reliable, affordable power. What are the other benefits?
👉Find out in our latest edition: reports.electricinsights.co.…
📈The rising cost of emitting CO2 – the carbon price – is pushing up the cost of generating electricity from fossil fuels. The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) prices point up too. How’s the UK affected?
Find out via our latest report: reports.electricinsights.co.… ⚡
🔌National Grid’s 17 upgrade projects form the largest overhaul of the network since the 1960s. Our latest edition explores the impacts and benefits in more detail.
👉Read more: reports.electricinsights.co.…
☀️☔ To find out why weather’s impact on electricity is no longer background noise but the driving force behind both prices and outages, see the latest edition.
👉Read here: reports.electricinsights.co.…
🗞️ Our Q3 #ElectricInsights is out now! @imperialcollege @iain_staffell @DraxGroup
It explores GB weather’s influence on power prices and outages, the biggest grid upgrade since the 1960s, battery storage, and the surge in UK carbon prices.
Read here: reports.electricinsights.co.…
The UK, Western Europe, Japan and parts of China saw their warmest June on record in 2025. How do we adapt to this new norm?🥵
The latest edition of Electric Insights explores this in more detail. ➡️ reports.electricinsights.co.…
Globally, LNG has now overtaken pipelines as the main form of trade, quadrupling between 2000 and 2024. What does this mean for UK energy prices and security of supply? ⚡
Find out in the latest edition of Electric Insights: ⬇️
reports.electricinsights.co.…
Can the recent boom in solar power continue to meet capacity targets❓
Find out in the latest edition of Electric Insights: ⬇️
reports.electricinsights.co.…