⚡️ Electric Insights ⚡️

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: https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB

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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: https://t.co/sOZHDZETUS

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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: https://t.co/yss6uTWNoP

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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: https://t.co/dJ5Qi58u1G

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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: ➡️ https://t.co/yss6uTWNoP

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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: ➡️ https://t.co/dJ5Qi58u1G

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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: ➡️ https://t.co/O2X2z4z0fL

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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.

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Read the full report: https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB

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🗞️ The Q4 2025 #ElectricInsights report is now live.
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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.

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🔋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: https://t.co/NHez8t8cTs

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New data from #ElectricInsights in @thetimes shows that demand for UK electricity is surging, following two decades of decline. 📈

Read the full article: https://t.co/7begZrfDWY

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🔋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: https://t.co/NHez8t8cTs

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📈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: https://t.co/NHez8t8cTs ⚡

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🔌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: https://t.co/NHez8t8cTs

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☀️☔ 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: https://t.co/NHez8t8cTs

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🗞️ 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: https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB

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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. ➡️ https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB

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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: ⬇️

https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB

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Can the recent boom in solar power continue to meet capacity targets❓

Find out in the latest edition of Electric Insights: ⬇️

https://t.co/R5AaKWIZpB