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Specialist brief 03 · Energy, Climate & Net Zero

The policy, regulatory, and political moves shaping the energy transition.

Tracks the policy and political environment around energy, climate, and net zero commitments. Covers the UK and the EU, with supporting signals from major international forums. Every issue carries the consultations and calls for evidence that are open, with their closing dates, and where delivery is falling behind the commitments.

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The Energy Brief, the cover of issue 02

What arrived on Sunday.

Issue 02, sent on Sunday 27th September 2026: the headline, the bottom line, one of the week’s assessments with how likely it is, and the week ahead, quoted as sent. The full issue ran to 29 pages.

An InStone Publication
Issue 02
Sunday 27th September 2026

The energy transition; distilled

UK · EU · US

Community energy's first £30 million is a test of a £1 billion promise

The bottom line

Great British Energy's community energy fund is open: £30 million now, up to £1 billion in total, for more than a thousand local projects. Anyone extending a wind farm permit in the EU is highly likely to need a public consultation first, after the ruling of 24th September. Macquarie's purchase of Energy Assets is likely to face an in-depth competition investigation unless remedies are offered.

From the assessments

Wind farm developers in the EU will need a public consultation before a permit's validity is extended

Highly likely · 75 to 90%Confidence: Moderate

So what. Anyone holding wind assets in the EU should add a consultation step to extension timetables and check whether past extensions followed one.

Where things stand

Regulations

  • The Green Gas Support Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026

    Made

    Made on 23rd September. In force on 16th October.

The week ahead

  • 7Oct

    Deadline for third-party submissions to the Subsidy Advice Unit on the Strategic Charging Infrastructure Scheme

    Competition and Markets Authority

  • 4Nov

    Subsidy Advice Unit report on the Strategic Charging Infrastructure Scheme to be published

    Competition and Markets Authority

An excerpt. The full issue is a 29-page PDF: every assessment with its evidence, the outlook, the week on the record, method, caveats and a linked source for every point, sent with a short covering email.

A short email to read, a full report to keep.

  1. 01

    The bottom line: the week's judgement, before the working

  2. 02

    An assessment of each development, with how likely each outcome is

  3. 03

    Where the bills, regulations and consultations we follow now stand

  4. 04

    The week ahead: consultations, calls for evidence and scheme deadlines

  5. 05

    A linked source for every point

Written for

Climate and environment NGOs, charities running campaigns, and government policy staff, alongside the energy companies and developers who need the same regulatory picture.

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