Today the firm that owns over 172,000km of electricity wires and controls electricity networks parts of Scotland, north England and Wales posted £1.6 billion in UK profits. Yet millions of people get more in debt everyday due to the standing charges. www.endfuelpoverty.org.uk/uk-energy-pr...

UK energy profits boost Spanish and Norwegian firms

Spanish firm Iberdrola has seen its profits boosted by its role in the UK energy networks.The owners of Scottish Power posted £1.6 billion in profits (EBITA) in the first six months of 2026, with £909

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Hay libros que ayudan a entender el mundo y otros que ayudan a cambiarlo. ‘Manual de independencia energética', de Fernando Ferrando e Ismael Morales, hace ambas cosas. Sobre cómo la transición energética puede ser también una herramienta para ganar soberanía, democracia y justicia social. ¡Leedlo!

🤠 Europe's capacity markets need law & order. Since 2025, govts have awarded ≈€14bn in capacity market contracts to fossil fuel companies via energy bill levies. Weak oversight & rules favouring gas risk locking Europe into higher costs & fossil fuel dependence. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/23/e...

Europe says it’s planning for energy security, but the fossil gas industry wants to build nearly 60GW of new gas plants potentially leaving 46M households exposed to future gas shocks. Where has this come from? And under whose influence? Governments? Gas companies? Our thread breaks it down 🧵

Europe won't meet its climate objectives while relying on imported fossil fuels.🛢️❌ EU leaders must: ⚡speed up electrification 🌬️provide clear rules for the clean energy transformation 💶mobilise investment to make renewables & energy efficiency the most accessible choice across the economy

Beyond Fossil Fuels@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Europe can't build security or competitiveness on imported fossil fuels. Ahead of the European Council on 18-19 June next week, we're calling on 🇪🇺 leaders to make this our last fossil fuel crisis by investing in renewables, electrification, & modernised grids. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/11/e...

Europe can't build security or competitiveness on imported fossil fuels. Ahead of the European Council on 18-19 June next week, we're calling on 🇪🇺 leaders to make this our last fossil fuel crisis by investing in renewables, electrification, & modernised grids. beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/11/e...

BREAKING 🚨Over €100B worth of renewable & storage projects are stuck in queues to connect to the grid across Europe! But, what does that mean in practise for different countries, for different people? What are the blockers? The solutions? Watch👇 & read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/02/g...

Our new report reveals €100bn of renewables and battery projects are stuck in distribution grids in just 8 EU countries. And that's a conservative estimate. This issue needs a lot more attention from decision-makers. Communities are struggling to get connected beyondfossilfuels.org/wp-content/u...

40% of Europe's electricity distribution grid is already over 40 years old: older than floppy disks, MP3s & DVDs. To connect households and businesses to the benefits of renewables and clean flexibility, it needs a serious upgrade. Our new report sets out how 👇 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/11/18/f...

Important thread here on the possibility of scrapping ECO. I would add that when ECO was cut in 2013, 10,000 people lost their jobs. That's more than 3 times as many than Scunthorpe steel works and a whopping 20 times more than Grangemouth oil refinery

Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I’m afraid I’ve heard enough to take this seriously - No.10 is thinking of abolishing ECO, the main source of funding for upgrading fuel poor homes. There’s no way to sugar coat this: it would be a disaster. And it would mean this government spending less on upgrading homes than the last one

Calling all researchers & comms agencies! @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social has 2 tenders to shine a light on local electricity grid operators🕵️‍♀️ beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor... 1️⃣ Struggling for connection: stories of unequal access 2️⃣ The costs of grid connection delays: Quantifying the problem

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🚨New polling across 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇨🇭, 🇩🇪 finds: 👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy. 👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution. Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres. More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...

Electricity grid upgrades are central to Europe's future energy security and competitiveness. To achieve this, it needs to: 1️⃣ Give national regulators a statutory mandate for the energy transition. 2️⃣ Create independent system operators and planners (ISOPs) to oversee grid planning in the public 🧵1/5

Important new legal analysis for @umwelthilfe.bsky.social concludes that the German government's planned 20GW gas plants is incompatible with EU state aid law ⛔ The Commission must scrutinise this costly fossil hand-out, which would add billions to energy bills. www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deut...

⚡ Europe’s clean energy transition can only move as fast as its electricity grids. But outdated regulation and limited oversight are slowing things down. RAP and @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social propose two urgent reforms for national governments to make grids fit for the energy transition.👇

NEW | Surging wind and solar power helped make electricity in Spain CHEAPER than in most European countries. 📈 As wind and solar grows… 📉 …The influence of costly fossil fuels on the electricity price shrinks https://loom.ly/8DEmqVc

This is good messaging and we know from the social science that — if it breaks through — it actually hurts far-right parties like Reform. Correct & strategic on multiple dimensions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour must fight rightwing billionaires undermining net zero, says Ed Miliband

Exclusive: Energy secretary will hit out at the Tory and Reform ‘culture war’ and unveil target of 400,000 new jobs in clean energy

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👏 @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social for exposing the gas rip-off! Gas was just 30% of UK power last year but glas plants set prices 97% of the time. That's how 2 plants made £18m in 3 hrs last winter. Time to stop rigging energy in favour of fossil fuels! www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/greenpe...

Greenpeace activists scale power station’s 75-metre chimney stacks to protest ‘The Great Gas Rip-Off’ - Greenpeace UK

Campaigners demand energy reforms to stop expensive gas from setting electricity prices and pushing up bills.

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In 🇬🇧, 77 long duration storage schemes, totalling 28.7GW, have been identified for a programme to use energy smartly & support energy resilience. Alongside renewables & flexible energy use, this could go a long way towards displacing UK's 37GW gas plant fleet🔋 www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

‘Super battery’ schemes will store green power and save consumers money – Ofgem

The regulator announced 77 long duration energy storage projects progressing to the final assessment stage of a ‘cap and floor’ support scheme.

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Amazing work @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social exposing the role that expensive gas plays in setting electricity prices & pushing up bills 👏 “We’re all being ripped off by greedy gas companies & it’s the poorest in society that bear the brunt of sky-high prices.” www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

Green protesters scale chimney stacks at Nottinghamshire gas-fired power station

Greenpeace said the action is to call for energy market reforms that would prevent volatile gas prices setting electricity prices.

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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Activists have climbed England’s LARGEST gas power station to demand lower energy bills 🚨 (1/4)

🆕 New research reveals: Britain is a nation of clean-energy enthusiasts

According to Climate Outreach's Britain Talks Climate & Nature 2025 report, renewables already power over half of the UK’s electricity, and more than 85% of people support expanding this progress. [1/4

New analysis from @cmmonwealth.bsky.social shows nearly 1/4 of the average UK energy bill in 2024 went to company profits, not reinvestment. Not only that, shareholders of 🇬🇧's privatised energy companies got at least £70.7bn in dividend payouts from 2010 - 2025. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Privatisation premium’: billions from UK energy bills paid to shareholders

Analysis reveals £416 of average bill of £1,719 taken as pre-tax profits by the major energy industries last year, rather than being reinvested

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Good to see journalists critically pursue the approach of German Economics Minister, who is twisting facts to slow down the clean energy transition. "Reiche's focus on gas plants seems out of date. New gas plants would have to be massively subsidized." www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...

Compare the approach of the Spanish prime minister following Palestine protests a la Vuelta a España, to the UK crackdown.. "We have immense respect & profound admiration for a Spanish civil society that mobilizes against injustice & peacefully defends ideas" elpais.com/espana/2025-...

In the US, capacity auction prices - paid via costs passed on to consumers by utilities - are set to soar off the back of rocketing energy demand from data centres. Hardly seems fair that household energy bills will be used to help line the pockets of tech giants. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Soaring US power auction prices set to spur new projects

Price jumps in several U.S. capacity markets signal greater revenue opportunities for power plant developers as AI demand squeezes the market and increases energy costs for consumers.

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Love this video from @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on the Great Gas Rip-Off! Earlier this year, @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social Fossil Gas Freeloaders league table highlighted Britain as one of the biggest sources of gas plant subsidies in Europe 🤑 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/06/26/f...

Fossil Gas Freeloaders: Beyond Fossil Fuels exposes the utilities benefiting from European “capacity market” subsidies

Analysis by Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals the energy companies that have received the highest value of European “capacity market” contracts for gas power plants, owned either directly or via subsidiary ...

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Greenpeace UK@greenpeaceuk.bsky.social · 11mo ago

How are gas companies getting away with this?? Ultimately, we all want the same thing: cheaper electricity that doesn’t damage our air or the health of our children and communities. We have the solutions. Now we just need action. Sign the petition to stop the Great Gas Rip-Off --> act.gp/4mcKPAt

How are gas companies getting away with this?? Ultimately, we all want the same thing: cheaper electricity that doesn’t damage our air or the health of our children and communities. We have the solutions. Now we just need action. Sign the petition to stop the Great Gas Rip-Off --> act.gp/4mcKPAt

Let's be clear: The flood of hatred sloshing across Britain right now is 100% a product of the political and media elite scapegoating minorities for the harms that those elites have visited upon the country.

Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Tonight, my 77-year-old mother ripped this flag off a dual carriageway bridge near Birmingham. Note the swastika. My dad's dad died fighting the Nazis.