# Energy

What does Octopus Energy’s Kraken spinoff mean for the company?
Analysis
July 8, 2025
What does Octopus Energy’s Kraken spinoff mean for the company?
“Kraken is the reason for the valuation"
Freya Pratty
Octopus Energy plans to spin out software division Kraken, reports say
News
July 5, 2025
Octopus Energy plans to spin out software division Kraken, reports say
The new company could be valued at as much as £10bn
Martin Coulter
UK shuns ‘crazy’ £25bn project to import solar power from Morocco
News
June 26, 2025
UK shuns ‘crazy’ £25bn project to import solar power from Morocco
Officials deemed the Octopus Energy-backed scheme too risky
Freya Pratty
The German family office betting big on Trump’s favourite climate tech
Interview
June 26, 2025
The German family office betting big on Trump’s favourite climate tech
Underground Ventures, which invests solely in geothermal, is part of a new cohort of ultra-focused climate tech funds
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Octopus Energy deepens its focus on Africa with first tech investment
Exclusive
June 12, 2025
Exclusive: Octopus Energy deepens its focus on Africa with first tech investment
Octopus has a team of four working on acquisitions and investments.
Freya Pratty
Exclusive: Plural's Taavet Hinrikus leads £10m round for synthetic fuel startup Rivan
Exclusive
May 21, 2025
Exclusive: Plural's Taavet Hinrikus leads £10m round for synthetic fuel startup Rivan
Before the fundraise, Rivan had been self-funded by founder Harvey Hodd, who previously sold two software companies
Freya Pratty
Energy startup Elvy has another $20m in equity on the table months after pre-seed
Exclusive
May 15, 2025
Energy startup Elvy has another $20m in equity on the table months after pre-seed
The Swedish energy startup has more than doubled its customer base in three months
Mimi Billing
Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy
News
May 5, 2025
Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy
The joint venture set up by Northvolt and Volvo Cars has announced a resizing of operations to cut costs
Mimi Billing
Heart Aerospace ditches Europe to focus on US operation
News
April 30, 2025
Heart Aerospace ditches Europe to focus on US operation
The Bill Gates-backed startup will close down all operations in Sweden
Mimi Billing
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
Analysis
April 21, 2025
11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs
Investors from Parkwalk, Amadeus Capital Partners, Apex Ventures, First Momentum Ventures and AlbionVC share the startups they’re watching
Tom Nugent
Battery startup Nyobolt raises $30m after warning it could run out of cash
News
April 16, 2025
Battery startup Nyobolt raises $30m after warning it could run out of cash
IQ Capital and LocalGlobe’s sister growth fund Latitude led the round for the Cambridge-based startup
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
Northvolt lays off half of staff as bankrupt battery-maker seeks buyer
News
March 31, 2025
Northvolt lays off half of staff as bankrupt battery-maker seeks buyer
Northvolt bankruptcy trustee Mikael Kuba told staff on Monday
Mimi Billing and Freya Pratty
Nuclear energy startup Marvel Fusion raises €50m as race to develop tech heats up
News
March 27, 2025
Nuclear energy startup Marvel Fusion raises €50m as race to develop tech heats up
The Series B extension makes Marvel Europe's best-funded nuclear fusion startup
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
What Europe needs to win the nuclear fusion race
Opinion
March 17, 2025
What Europe needs to win the nuclear fusion race
There is little doubt that fortunes will one day be made by those with deep enough pockets and sufficient vision — and patience
John Thornhill
Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden
News
March 12, 2025
Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden
Battery-maker faces ‘incredible difficult day’ as it files one of Sweden’s largest ever bankruptcy cases
Mimi Billing
Fusion energy startup unveils ‘breakthrough’ with plans for commercial power plant
News
February 26, 2025
Fusion energy startup unveils ‘breakthrough’ with plans for commercial power plant
Germany's Proxima Fusion says it's the first to put together a "coherent" concept for a working fusion plant that could supply the grid
Kai Nicol-Schwarz
The energy software startups powering Europe’s green transition
Analysis
February 20, 2025
The energy software startups powering Europe’s green transition
Sifted maps energy management software startups leading Europe's shift from fossil fuels
Maya Dharampal-Hornby
Why I sold my climate tech startup to an oil and gas giant
Analysis
February 13, 2025
Why I sold my climate tech startup to an oil and gas giant
Oil and gas companies are the largest acquirers of climate tech startups
Freya Pratty
Northvolt extends runway but says it needs more capital to survive
News
February 12, 2025
Northvolt extends runway but says it needs more capital to survive
The bankrupt battery factory has saved money through further cost-cutting
Mimi Billing and Freya Pratty
Cloud startup Evroc to build hyperscale AI data centre in France
News
February 10, 2025
Cloud startup Evroc to build hyperscale AI data centre in France
The data centre near Sophia Antipolis will be Evroc's first out of three in the country
Mimi Billing
How heat pumps became an image of 'green woke leftist technology'
Analysis
January 16, 2025
How heat pumps became an image of 'green woke leftist technology'
Heat pumps have been politicised by the far-right — but they could be the key to the EU's carbon goals
Mimi Billing
The startups behind the heat pump revolution in Europe
Analysis
January 16, 2025
The startups behind the heat pump revolution in Europe
Sifted lists the heat pump startups leading the shift away from gas and oil
Mimi Billing
Three years after cracking cheap solar storage, Hyme plans the world’s largest thermal energy storage system
News
December 19, 2024
Three years after cracking cheap solar storage, Hyme plans the world’s largest thermal energy storage system
The salt storage technology could halve the cost of storing renewable energy
Mimi Billing
Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m
News
November 20, 2024
Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m
The fresh capital takes the company’s total funding to $335m — more than three times the region’s next best-funded fusion company
Kai Nicol-Schwarz

# Energy

What does Octopus Energy’s Kraken spinoff mean for the company?

Octopus Energy plans to spin out software division Kraken, reports say

UK shuns ‘crazy’ £25bn project to import solar power from Morocco

The German family office betting big on Trump’s favourite climate tech

Exclusive: Octopus Energy deepens its focus on Africa with first tech investment

Exclusive: Plural's Taavet Hinrikus leads £10m round for synthetic fuel startup Rivan

Energy startup Elvy has another $20m in equity on the table months after pre-seed

Battery factory Novo Energy halves workforce following Northvolt bankruptcy

Heart Aerospace ditches Europe to focus on US operation

11 future of compute startups to watch, according to VCs

Battery startup Nyobolt raises $30m after warning it could run out of cash

Northvolt lays off half of staff as bankrupt battery-maker seeks buyer

Nuclear energy startup Marvel Fusion raises €50m as race to develop tech heats up

What Europe needs to win the nuclear fusion race

Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden

Fusion energy startup unveils ‘breakthrough’ with plans for commercial power plant

The energy software startups powering Europe’s green transition

Why I sold my climate tech startup to an oil and gas giant

Northvolt extends runway but says it needs more capital to survive

Cloud startup Evroc to build hyperscale AI data centre in France

How heat pumps became an image of 'green woke leftist technology'

The startups behind the heat pump revolution in Europe

Three years after cracking cheap solar storage, Hyme plans the world’s largest thermal energy storage system

Europe’s best-funded nuclear fusion startup Tokamak Energy raises $75m