Into the Octo-verse

Get the inside scoop on energy, technology, and all things Octopus.

Spotlight on... the Octopus design team

At Octopus we handle all aspects of our design in-house, with a brilliant group of dedicated and talented people from a range of different backgrounds. I recently had the privilege of chatting with the Design Team to find out what led them to Octopus, what makes them proud and what makes design at Octopus so unique.

Celebrating Black History Month 2021 at Octopus

Read all about how we are celebrating Black History Month at Octopus this year. You can get details on the internal work we are doing to make Octopus more diverse and inclusive. Enjoy getting to know some of the brilliant black women at Octopus as they share their unique perspectives. Discover fascinating insights from black writers and activists covering race and environmentalism as we shine a spotlight on some of Britain's most impactful change-makers.

How Octopus Energy is revolutionising Heat Pumps

Heat pumps are the future: electric, low-carbon heat extracted from the air. Find out how we're installing heat pumps for around the same cost as a gas boiler.

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.

Officially the UK's most awarded energy supplier

Octopus Energy are proud to have won over 100 awards - recognising our green innovation, fast growth, amazing customer service, affordability and more. Read more about what makes us officially the UK’s most awarded energy supplier in 2023.

What drives wholesale energy prices?

The wholesale cost of energy is a big chunk of your bill – and to understand why it varies, it's helpful to know a bit about how the energy market works.

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.

A Fan Club turbine in your back yard? It's more fun than you think

We promise there's a super important reason our turbines have been abseiled down, used to play sky-high rugby, and turned into massive light installations. Find out why in our latest blog.

Introducing FleetCharge: the community charging solution for EV fleets

Simple EV charging for business fleets, 5 minutes from home. Get paid to loan your parking spot to an EV driver in need! We're knocking down barriers to electric transport for businesses an innovative, 100% renewable community charging solution for fleets.

Spotlight on...Suraj, back-end developer and champion for inclusion

Meet Suraj: Kraken back-end developer and champion for tech diversity in our latest Spotlight.

We're bringing a new kind of pulpo to Spain

Octopus Energy is coming to Spain! We've acquired Valencia-based green energy disruptor Umeme to launch Octopus Energy Spain.

Cheaper, greener energy

Lotsa awards

Introducing Power Hour: An hour of free smart green electricity

Power Hour – one hour of free green electricity every month between August 2021 and December 2022 for customers with connected smart meters. The Power Hour will change each month – it will be one of the cheapest, greenest daylight hours for the whole month, as forecast by our boffins.

We’ll send everyone who’s signed up an email within 24 hours of the Power Hour.

Our smart meter vans are going electric

Retweet your favourite pick from our finalists on Twitter: the two most popular will each be permanently inked on one of our electric smart meter vans. Read on for full competition info and more on our soon-to-be fully-electric van fleet.

Gas boilers v. Heat pumps

The speed of technological change can catch people by surprise.

The state of wholesale energy

We're committed to fair prices that truly reflect the cost of the energy we supply you. In this blog post, we'll give insight into what's going on in the global wholesale energy market, to help you better understand trends in UK tariff prices.

Intelligent Octopus Go: your questions answered

Intelligent Octopus Go is a beta smart tariff just for EV drivers. In this blog we're going to tackle some intelligent Octopus Go FAQs!

We’re trying to make energy (and the world) better for everyone.

Positive action Octopus Energy has taken since its launch to make energy (and the world) fairer, greener, and more equitable.

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