We spoke with Brian Horne, to find out: how renewable energy powers his zero carbon home what it’s like to live with a heat pump why integrated electric homes are the future Brian is our technical knowledge lead. He led the research into the ‘integrated electric home’ – that’s a home with a heat
Before investing in your own rooftop energy system, it’s wise to do your research. That’s why we’ve asked an expert to answer some of the internet’s most-searched questions on solar panels The way solar panels work is pretty simple – they absorb energy from solar rays and turn it into the kind of energy
In December 2025, Russian state-sponsored hackers deployed a destructive “wiper” malware against Poland’s power grid, targeting the digital links between wind and solar farms and their distribution operators, along with two heat-and-power plants serving roughly half a million homes. The strike was not an abstract military maneuver. It was a calculated attempt to plunge
After adding one to my home, here's why you might want a home battery, how they work, and what to look for, plus some installation tips. With electricity costs soaring, home batteries have never looked so attractive. Whether you want to store the excess generated by your solar panels or simply buy electricity at
Home batteries are a significant investment, but price is not always the biggest hurdle. Price is usually not the biggest barrier for home battery buyers Batteries can boost home value, even if you're planning to move Outage frequency and power usage are key factors to consider Sticker shock is real when it comes to
Energy price cap has increased to £1,862 but home solar panels with batteries could knock 44% off annual energy bills As Ofgem announces higher energy bills from July, households could save £823 a year by installing solar panels and batteries on their homes, according to analysis from the New Economics Foundation (NEF), out today.
Installing solar panels may have seemed like an expensive luxury to most of us some time ago. But now it seems like a way out of the fuel crisis hitting the UK. I had made the switch to EVs in 2021, and although it wasn’t part of a master plan, suddenly the idea of turning
Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much lower energy bills. A year on from Europe’s largest power outage – which left tens
Home batteries are getting a lot of attention lately, but are people really looking for a full “whole home” setup, or are they just interested in keeping their phones alive for some post-hurricane doom scrolling? We asked you, our brilliant Electrek readers, what you were looking for in your home battery. Here’s what you
Nearly three million UK households are planning to install roof-mounted solar panels within the next five years, according to new research by comparison service Uswitch.com, with two-fifths saying that rollercoaster energy prices have made them more likely to invest in the technology. The energy price gap has been predicted to increase by 13 percent