Sustainability Consultant
In 2024, Gartner's survey found out that, on average only 48% of a company's digital initiatives met their business targets. The survey polled 3,186 CIOs and technology executives of all major industries across 88 countries.
Energy costs make up about 19% of office expenses in the U.S. In the UK, the story is similar. Energy UK and the CBI jointly reported that electricity prices for medium-sized UK businesses are around double the EU median of about €0.15/kWh.
Renewable Energy Investment
Ever since renewables started making to headlines, we have expected electricity to become more abundant and cheaper. In the last decade, although progress in renewables has been impressive but we still have not seen a meaningful decrease in our bills.
The UK Grid Weekly Report
The week in numbers Table with 2 columns and 5 rows of data. (column headers with buttons are sortable)7-day average price£137.87/MWhWeek's highest price£349.00/MWh (Thu 13 August)Week's lowest price£47.77/MWh (Mon 10 August)Negative price periods0Weekly
The UK Grid Weekly Report
Data are sourced from Elexon BMRS half-hourly settlement prices and NESO Data Portal. The merit order suppression model is based on Cludius et al. (2014) and Clò et al. (2015). Carbon calculations use UK ETS price of £45/tonne and DESNZ 2024 grid factor of 181 gCO₂/kWh. Caption:
Sustainability Consultant
For most of the twentieth century, it was not possible to think about a car without the fuel. Today, things are changing faster than anyone expected.
Energy Markets
For decades, business growth came from securing funding, attracting skilled workers, and finding customers. A new constraint is now quietly joining that list and, unlike the others, we cannot negotiate it, disrupt it, or hire our way around it.
Energy Markets
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of everyday life, with businesses across industries exploring its potential to improve performance. However, its rapid adoption is also emerging as a major driver of rising electricity demand.
Energy Markets
Our electricity bills are not determined at the point of generation, but by the cost of moving, balancing, and stabilizing electricity across the grid. As the system becomes more complex, the cost of the grid itself is becoming one of the most important drivers of future electricity prices.
Sustainability Consultant
Every time fossil fuels are burned, an indirect cost is created that eventually appears in higher energy bills, insurance, food prices, and the deterioration of infrastructure.
Sustainability Consultant
According to the Investment Intentions Survey in Jan 2026, 38% of investors plan to increase real estate investment over the next two years. However, ShelterBox warns that rising extreme weather could lead to the loss of 8.35 million homes annually until 2040.
Renewable Energy Investment
Over the past few decades, the transition to a greener economy has created many new job opportunities. Still, as Artificial Intelligence (AI) gains momentum and offers immense potential, there is a growing concern that it may lead to unpredictable job losses.