Headline insight: Todays AR7 offshore wind auction has locked in very competitive ~£91/MWh CfD prices for energy that is inherently intermittent.​ Once sized to provide quasi‑firm power (e.g. 20 hours/day) using transmission‑scale BESS at today’s UK costs and a 10% real WACC , the incremental cost of storage alone is of the order of £65–70/MWh . That implies an all‑in “firmed” offshore‑wind‑plus‑BESS cost of roughly £155–160/MWh in 2024 prices for 20‑hour availability, an

The British clean energy sector is about to experience a phenomenon not seen since the original dash for gas in the 1990s. As the National Energy System Operator (NESO) prepares to release its final Gate 2 offers by the end of Q1 2026, hundreds of projects—some languishing in limbo for over 18 months—will suddenly transition from purgatory to actionable development status. What follows will be nothing short of a capital market stampede, accompanied by an acute shortage of the

The UK's electricity market stands at a defining moment. A confluence of regulatory reforms, abandoned policy pathways, and the emergence of a wholly state-owned energy company has created a landscape that is at once promising and perilously uncertain for investors in dispatchable generation assets. For those engaged in utility-scale asset development and infrastructure capital deployment, like CM Energy Insight, understanding these intersecting forces is not merely academ