Learn Solar #1: How much solar power do we receive?
The sun is an explosive and fiery ball of starpower – but just how much of that power reaches the earth?
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How green technology is the smart choice for investors and the planet
Matt Setchell, Head of Renewables at Octopus Investments, writes about securing a healthy planet for generations to come.
Learn Solar #2: Solar panels – how we capture sunlight
We explore different solar panels, their efficiency, where to put them, and how many you'd need to power your home.
Learn Solar #3: How to store sunlight (and other renewables)
In the third and final part of our Learn Solar series, we investigate both existing and emerging solutions to storing solar energy.
How renewable investment is shaping the future of energy
The energy industry is at an inflection point. Simon Pickett explains how smart, networked, renewable technology that keeps the lights on without costing the earth, will change the sector for good.
The price of progress: how we became addicted to fossil fuels
We release 25% more carbon dioxide today (404 ppm), than the highest recorded output over the last 400,000 years (300 ppm) – and there are few signs of slowing.
5 renewable energy myths debunked
We set the record straight by debunking and demystifying 5 common renewable myths.
Anaerobic digestion: How we get energy from waste
Turning waste into electricity is just one of the ways we're beating fossil fuels – but how does it work?
World Environment Day: What difference has your energy supply made?
June 5 is United Nations' World Environment Day, so let's take a look at what we've achieved over the last 12 months.
The growth of solar power
Clean Energy Analyst Charlie Cook examines whether the rapid rise of solar power matches that predicted by Moore's Law.
Why we're planting 1,000 trees this Autumn
We're proud to be partnering with the United Nations to improve air quality around the UK.
What difference does 1,000 trees make?
On World Environment Day last year, we made a promise to plant 1,000 trees across the U.K. to help improve air quality, absorb CO2, and increase biodiversity. The tree planting season's wrapped up now, and we've planted over 1,600 trees. Read about our tree team's experiences planting all around the UK!
Our commitment to 100% green electricity
We take a look at how renewable energy is certified & reported
Cut the crap: the vegan case for anaerobic digestion
Some debate has been circulating in the past few months about the impact of energy production on animals, and the use of animal products in the generation of some types of energy – specifically, anaerobic digestion.
We asked Grace, energy specialist and London office vegan extraordinare, to set the record straight.
Forester by day, DigiOp by night – Steph sees the woods for the tree
Watch DigiOp and forester Steph on Countryfile's Autumn Special talking about her work at the forefront of innovation in tree mapping, using the latest in drone technology to conduct aerial surveys.
Carbon offsetting: what it is and how we do it
What's carbon offsetting and how do we do it? Read all about our carbon offsetting partner Renewable World!
Smart meter customers: Make our Earth Hour pledge
Smart meter customers: cut your electricity consumption by 50% during Earth Hour, and we’ll donate £5 to World Wildlife Fund.
Good things come in trees
Why we’re pairing up with customer-nominated schools, charities, and community organisations around the UK to plant over 10,000 native trees where they’ll matter most to our customers.
Follow us as we plant trees around the UK
Read on for a tree-by-tree account (a 'log', if you will) of our mission to plant 10,000 native saplings across the UK.
Parliament has declared a climate emergency
Energy specialist and long-time climate activist Grace Newton writes about her experiences fighting for action on climate change here in the UK, in the wake of Parliament's vote to declare a climate emergency.
Donating to WWF after Earth Hour
“The Earth was small, light blue, and so touchingly alone, our home that must be defended like a holy relic.
The Earth was absolutely round.
I believe I never knew what the word round meant until I saw Earth from space.”
Climate change and land: Understanding the IPCC's latest report
The ability of the planet to sustain human life is now seriously endangered. Climate change caused by fossil fuels and food production as the planet warms inexorably means we must take action and change our behaviour. The warmest ten years since records began in 1884 have all occurred since 2002.
An update on outgoingOctopus now that the Feed-in Tariff has ended
An update on outgoingOctopus, our smart export tariff – including an insight into the process of getting customers set up on the cutting edge of export.
What makes Octopus Energy so very green?
Find out about all the meaningful ways Octopus Energy is supporting a green future, today.
Meet Energy Local, a new UK energy venture keeping small-scale green generation within the community
We’re partnering up with Energy Local to help small green energy generators to directly power homes in the neighbourhood at far cheaper rates. Here’s how we’re helping small generators go off-the-grid (kind of) to build the roots of a truly decentralised community energy network.
Spreading climate change solutions with the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Discussing climate change with our partners, Institution of Environmental Sciences.
“Alexa, how green is energy right now?”
You can track how green the UK’s energy is, moment-to-moment, through our new ‘carbon intensity’ feature.
Co-op Community Energy: harnessing people power
We're launching Co-op Community Energy, a new joint venture with the Midcounties Co-operative, to bring about a new era for local renewable energy generation.
Optimist Energy: hopeful news about the climate
In the midst of a global pandemic, things can feel pretty hopeless from time to time. We wanted to share a list of things to be hopeful about, particularly in the world of climate and sustainability.
Customer conversations: Chatting to climate artist Geoff Francis
Sometimes, talking to your energy supplier can be fun — we promise! Our energy specialist Grace, a long-time vegan and climate activist, meets Octopus customer Geoff Francis – climate artist, vegan restaurant pioneer and environmentalist...
How we’re investing massively in a green future
A “living list” of our investments in driving a renewable energy system.
The Answer, my friend: now is the time to lean into wind
It would appear my email of Thursday was not well received in the Clark household.
“If it wasn’t miserable enough being told that I have to spend the next month at home,” Mr Clark writes “now I have ‘Pete’ from Octopus Energy emailing me and asking if I would mind terribly turning off a few appliances between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.”
I’m delighted to learn Mr Clark is a customer of Octopus Energy – thank you. The email in question was an invitation to take part in a smart energy trial we were running.
This experiment offered everyday customers free electricity in return for halving their energy use during two specific hours.
Where does our 100% green electricity come from?
Meet some of the solar plants and wind farms we buy energy directly from, and find out about some other ways a supplier can can fulfill their 100% renewable promise.
How we're weathering the storm in Texas
Texas experienced a massive power grid failure affecting 90% of the state. People were stranded in unbearable conditions: loss of heat in below freezing temperatures and lack of access to water, food and other essentials.
Michael, CEO of Octopus Energy US, explains what happened in Texas, how we're protecting customers through the energy crisis, forgiving energy bills from this unprecedented event, and why renewables are the answer to a more resilient grid.
Carbon neutral gas with Renewable World
In this blog you can find out about our carbon offsetting partner Renewable World. We work with them to bring innovative renewable energy technology to fuel-poor communities worldwide.
Octopus brought renewable energy to the party at Timber Festival
This Summer, we teamed up with Timber Festival to supercharge people’s phones with clean green renewable energy in the heart of the National Forest.
Try our Travel Carbon Calculator
Our Travel Carbon Calculator helps you work out your carbon emissions from flying and offset the equivalent amount using our carbon credits!
Powerful climate murals painted across the UK for COP26
We've teamed up with artists to create public art broadcasting climate messages from the next generation on the eve of COP26 – part of the Grantham Art Prize with the Grantham Institute and UK Youth for Nature.
Making Green Energy Greener
We look to a future where wind & solar farms are buzzing with biodiversity, exploring new ways for renewable sites to help the planet.
Energy storage: making 100% renewable power a reality
In a future powered by 100% renewable energy, we're going to need to be able to call on green electrons when we need them. Given that we can't make the sun shine and the wind blow on demand, where is this flexibility going to come from? Energy storage might just be the solution we've been waiting for.
Rooting for each other: Tree planting in support of veteran mental health
Rooting for each other: Octopus Energy join Green Task Force to plant 20,000 trees in support of veteran mental health
Octopus Energy Generation: building green power for the future
At Octopus, we don't just supply energy, we generate it too. Octopus Energy Generation are combining expertise from across the whole breadth of the energy industry to create a kind of generation business that’s never been seen before.
How to build a wind turbine
To play a part in crafting a green future, our generation arm, Octopus Energy Generation, are investing hard to build more wind as quickly and affordably as possible.
James is one of their chief investment managers and sat down with him to find out all about wind power, building wind farms and how we are evolving to make the transition to wind energy faster.
Octopuses are truly tenta-cool. We asked a marine biologist to explain why.
We thought it about time we get to know our 8 legged, ocean-dwelling cousins a little better, so we asked marine biologist and cephalopod expert, Marie-Therese Noedl to delve into all there is to know about the smart, agile and completely amazing Octopus.
Our new Fan Page tracks our wind turbine activity, blow-by-blow
We're always looking for interesting ways to help more people visualise our green energy revolution(s), and we’ve recently turned our tech-spertise towards our very own ‘Fan Club’ turbines. Anyone can see rotor speed, generating output, and more – as well as exactly when the windy day discount kicks in!
Our Green Neighbourhood
Whether you live hours from a town, or in the tallest tower block in the city, if you love nature it’s likely you have your own special way of finding enjoyment outdoors. We decided that we want to find out what nature really means to you: our customers. So we’re opening the doors to our green neighbourhood.
We paid customers to use less power at peak times. Here's what happened.
The UK’s energy network is slowly but surely becoming greener, but this transformation isn’t without challenges.
At Octopus, we’re all about less talk and more action. That’s why we trialled the UK’s largest ever dynamic demand shift. Working with over 100,000 homes up and down the country, we’ve collectively demonstrated that even the smallest of actions can lead to the biggest changes.
Repowering 1,000 wind turbines
ONE TRICK to get stronger, more powerful spins: lengthen your turbine blade! We're giving old turbines bigger blades so they can generate 2-3x more power. Our new project with turbine supplier EWT could see 1,000 UK turbines repowered by 2030, and produce enough new green energy for hundreds of thousands of homes.
Carbon neutral gas with Renewable World
In this blog you can find out about our carbon offsetting partner Renewable World. We work with them to bring innovative renewable energy technology to fuel-poor communities worldwide. *
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