Tag: Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy’s generation arm accelerates its Asian renewables plans with a solar investment in South Korea, set to help ramp up clean power in the country. Octopus has backed a highly experienced and expert local team – Skygreen Energy – to develop up to 20 small- to medium-sized solar farms in the next two years. The new solar farms will generate 140 MW of clean energy – enough power for around 45,000 homes a year. Skygreen is planning to scale up to 500 MW of solar, with ambitions to potentially…

More people across the UK have the opportunity to own a piece of a green energy project thanks to Octopus Energy’s new investment platform ‘the Collective’. The first-of-its-kind platform allows people to directly buy a share of a renewables project like a wind turbine or solar farm. With a minimum investment of £25, any returns go straight into the investor’s pocket as there are no fees and it is free to join*. The move makes Octopus the first energy company in the UK with a retail investment platform regulated by…

The cost of living crisis is still the most pressing issue facing the country, with 90% of respondents concerned about rising energy prices, a new survey by Opinium shows*. Nine in ten (88%) identified energy bills as the top priority for the government to help reduce household expenses, ahead of supermarket prices and mortgage and rent costs. The UK’s net zero ambitions remain popular, but public support is at risk. While more than twice as many people support net zero than don’t (43% vs. 20%), seven out of ten supporters…