A curated roundup of UK energy headlines and policy developments from the last 24 hours.
Energy | The Guardian
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Gas-fired power still looks a safe bet for Centrica in the renewables era
There will still be a need to have gas in the wings to keep the lights on, so the financials stack up on Severn plant purchase The eye-catching non-Hormuz news in energy-land last month was that Great Britain is set for a record-breaking summer for w…2026-05-07T18:15:35.000Z -
How to drive progress on the green transition | Letters
Readers respond to an editorial on the need to speed up the shift to renewables Your editorial is spot-on (The Guardian view on the green transition: politicians should speed it up – and households too, 4 May). Sadly many of the policies implemented…2026-05-07T16:37:55.000Z -
Climate campaigners attack Shell over ‘windfall’ profits from Iran war
Firm benefits from conflict to rake in $6.9bn as higher energy prices turbocharge profits Business live – latest updates Shell has reported better than expected profits of $6.9bn (£5bn) after its oil traders reaped the benefits of soaring energy pric…2026-05-07T15:40:53.000Z -
Both left and right are deluding themselves about the scale of the energy crisis Britain faces | Ewan Gibbs
Decades of complacency cannot be magicked away by drilling in the North Sea – or even by hoping that renewables will quickly power everything Ewan Gibbs is a historian of energy at the University of Glasgow First it was Russia’s full-scale invasion o…2026-05-07T12:00:48.000Z -
Powerful US utilities secretly fund ‘grassroots’ groups to sway cities away from switch to public power
As communities push for publicly owned electricity, private utilities may be deploying dark money and local front groups to stop them The utility industry is quietly dispatching a network of front groups to thwart the growing push for public power ac…2026-05-07T10:00:46.000Z
Politics | The BBC
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Labour expected to lose Senedd after century of winning elections in Wales
Labour sources have told the BBC the party's century-long winning run is expected to come to an end.2026-05-08T06:51:05.000Z -
Chris Mason: Emerging picture shows Reform gains as Labour counts losses in heartland seats
So far, we have a chunk of the results around the parts of England that have had contests and no results yet from Scotland or Wales.2026-05-08T06:16:02.000Z
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