Day: 27 August 2026

Ofgem acts to free up grid capacity by tackling speculative data centre projects

Stuart Mitchell

Ofgem has launched a consultation on plans to tackle speculative data centre projects in Britain’s electricity connections queue, as part of a wider programme of reforms to ensure network capacity is used for projects that are ready and able to connect.   The proposals – which include the introduction of a commitment fee and new project progress milestones – come as demand connection applications have surged from 41 gigawatts (GW) to 125GW, in under a year. This rise is driven largely by data centre projects, accounting for at least 80GWs. The reforms will help:  protect…

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GHG Protocol Announces Key Standard Development Updates: FAQ Resource

Stuart Mitchell

On July 29, 2026, Greenhouse Gas Protocol announced a series of updates related to its corporate standards as it continues to strengthen its governance, leadership, and institutional capacity to meet growing global demand for trusted, interoperable greenhouse gas accounting standards. The series of updates to its corporate standards includes the following:   GHG Protocol and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will combine their corporate carbon accounting standards into a single, harmonized global corporate standard, GHG Protocol is publishing the results of its public consultation on scope 2 accounting, and…

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Global battery energy storage installed capacity to rise sixfold by 2030, forecasts GlobalData

Stuart Mitchell

The global battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity is expected to continue to rise to manage growing demand from electrification, industry, and AI/data centers. Moreover, higher proportion of wind and solar increases intra-day variability, imbalance, and curtailment that batteries can mitigate economically. BESS additions are also driven by declining lithium-ion costs, stronger supply chains, and supportive policies. Against this backdrop, the global battery energy storage installed capacity is projected to see a sixfold rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 42% from 2025 to 2030, says GlobalData, a…

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Britain’s Diet Has Already Exceeded Healthy & Sustainable Threshold For The Year, New Analysis Reveals

Stuart Mitchell

New research commissioned by Lidl GB shows that Britain will meet its 2026 Planetary Health Diet Overshoot Day by (Saturday 25th July. This marks the tipping point where the country has already exceeded its annual recommended balance of foods for a healthy and sustainable diet.  This overshoot is being driven by an imbalance across UK diets. Based on the science-backed targets set out by the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet (PHD), the analysis reveals that Britons are currently consuming just 40% of the recommended fruit and vegetable intake, and falling around…

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New car registrations: battery-electric rise to 20.7% market share

Stuart Mitchell

New EU car registrations rose by 5.7% year-to-date, with a strong performance in June contributing to a positive first half of 2026. This came against a backdrop of persistent geopolitical headwinds weighing on the outlook. The market continued to benefit from robust consumer demand for a range of electrified technologies, driven primarily by market support measures. Hybrid-electric vehicles lead as the most popular powertrain choice among buyers, while battery-electric cars reached 20.7%. In addition, plug-in hybrids captured 9.8% of the EU market. New EU car registrations by power source Up…

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