The Watchdog That Watched and Waited
On 9 January 2026, Consumer Energy Solutions collapsed into administration. It ceased trading with immediate effect, made nearly 300 workers redundant (many of them in Wales, in communities where jobs...
Articles
The Grid Says Yes.. Until It Doesn’t: Why Britain’s Net Zero Push is Stalling at the Plug Socket
There is a curious tension at the heart of Britain’s energy transition. On paper, the direction of travel is unequivocal: electrify heat, electrify transport, expand distributed generation and let households...
Vote for the Best Heat Pump Brand in the UK – 2027 Edition
We’re opening the doors again for the UK’s most important heat pump vote. This is your chance, as a real homeowner living with a real system, to shape the 2027...
Living with a Low Loss Header (Or Measure For Measure, it’s All About the Pump)
I know, low loss headers (LLHs) aren’t necessarily ‘low loss’ but, if set up carefully, those losses may be minimised. Our own installation ‘features’ an LLH, I didn’t know that...
George Cove and Lord Kelvin: The Missed Convergence That Could Have Reshaped Renewables & the World
In the archives of forgotten patents and yellowing trade journals from the Edwardian era, one sometimes encounters a name that reframes everything one thought one knew about the slow, grinding...
The Reality Behind a Failed Heat Pump Installation – and an IWA Insurance Rejection
We are an unremarkable couple in our 60s, living in a 1900 three-bedroom terraced house in South Manchester. In 2022, after receiving a small inheritance from our parents, we decided...
The Battle for Control of the UK Heat Pump Market Has Begun
A new investment by Carrier Global Corporation into Heat Geek has been framed as a vote of confidence in the UK’s heat pump sector. That much is probably clear. Less clear is what it...
Why One Strike on Iran’s Oil Infrastructure Undermines Every Heat Pump and Solar Array in Britain
The images from Tehran continue to dominate the screens: vast plumes of black smoke rising from the Shahran oil depot and other fuel storage sites in the Iranian capital, ignited...
Is the UK’s Plug-And-Play Solar Plug-In Dream Dead?
Balcony solar panels in the UK: why they're banned, the safety risks of plug‑in inverters and what certified kits must address by 2026....
Five Years of Renewable Heating Hub
Renewable Heating Hub turns five — a homeowner-led hub for heat pump troubleshooting, clear guidance, and practical renewables education....
