Electrify Britain
@electrifygb.bsky.social
💡We want to cut the UK's power bills and emissions
🔋Affordable, secure & green energy for all
🔌Powered by @edfenergy & @octopusenergy
If you feel a spark, join us👇
https://electrifybritain.org
🔋Affordable, secure & green energy for all
🔌Powered by @edfenergy & @octopusenergy
If you feel a spark, join us👇
https://electrifybritain.org
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🚨 The State of Electrification Tracker is now LIVE! 🚨
We’re launching a new tool to track the UK’s shift to electric tech - EVs, solar & heat pumps.
See what’s working, what’s stalling & what Brits really think:
👉 electrifybritain.org/state-of-ele... 👈
#ElectrifyBritain
We’re launching a new tool to track the UK’s shift to electric tech - EVs, solar & heat pumps.
See what’s working, what’s stalling & what Brits really think:
👉 electrifybritain.org/state-of-ele... 👈
#ElectrifyBritain
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 24 ⚡
As 2025 closes, a reminder from our CEO, Camilla Born, feels more important than ever: cutting support for heat pumps, low-income schemes, or EVs locks people into a higher-cost, gas-dependent future.
As 2025 closes, a reminder from our CEO, Camilla Born, feels more important than ever: cutting support for heat pumps, low-income schemes, or EVs locks people into a higher-cost, gas-dependent future.
December 24, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 24 ⚡
As 2025 closes, a reminder from our CEO, Camilla Born, feels more important than ever: cutting support for heat pumps, low-income schemes, or EVs locks people into a higher-cost, gas-dependent future.
As 2025 closes, a reminder from our CEO, Camilla Born, feels more important than ever: cutting support for heat pumps, low-income schemes, or EVs locks people into a higher-cost, gas-dependent future.
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 22 ⚡
🚗 22% of all new UK cars this year are electric - right on track with the Government’s ZEV mandate.
Britain’s EV transition is working exactly as planned.
🚗 22% of all new UK cars this year are electric - right on track with the Government’s ZEV mandate.
Britain’s EV transition is working exactly as planned.
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 22 ⚡
🚗 22% of all new UK cars this year are electric - right on track with the Government’s ZEV mandate.
Britain’s EV transition is working exactly as planned.
🚗 22% of all new UK cars this year are electric - right on track with the Government’s ZEV mandate.
Britain’s EV transition is working exactly as planned.
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 21 ⚡
What is SCOP, and why should heat pump owners care? 🤔
Bear with us: SCOP (Seasonal Coefficient of Performance) shows how much heat you get over a year for every unit of electricity.
What is SCOP, and why should heat pump owners care? 🤔
Bear with us: SCOP (Seasonal Coefficient of Performance) shows how much heat you get over a year for every unit of electricity.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 21 ⚡
What is SCOP, and why should heat pump owners care? 🤔
Bear with us: SCOP (Seasonal Coefficient of Performance) shows how much heat you get over a year for every unit of electricity.
What is SCOP, and why should heat pump owners care? 🤔
Bear with us: SCOP (Seasonal Coefficient of Performance) shows how much heat you get over a year for every unit of electricity.
🎄☀️ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 20
A bright spot in Britain’s energy story 👇
🔆 We’ve already installed 20% of the solar capacity for 2030.
One-fifth of the job is done - years ahead of schedule.
#ElectrifyBritain #Electrification
A bright spot in Britain’s energy story 👇
🔆 We’ve already installed 20% of the solar capacity for 2030.
One-fifth of the job is done - years ahead of schedule.
#ElectrifyBritain #Electrification
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄☀️ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 20
A bright spot in Britain’s energy story 👇
🔆 We’ve already installed 20% of the solar capacity for 2030.
One-fifth of the job is done - years ahead of schedule.
#ElectrifyBritain #Electrification
A bright spot in Britain’s energy story 👇
🔆 We’ve already installed 20% of the solar capacity for 2030.
One-fifth of the job is done - years ahead of schedule.
#ElectrifyBritain #Electrification
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 19 ⚡
Before Christmas, let’s ditch some electrification myths we’re not taking into 2026 👇
❌ “EVs are only for the wealthy”
✅ After energy & auto, healthcare is the biggest user of salary sacrifice - mainly nurses.
Before Christmas, let’s ditch some electrification myths we’re not taking into 2026 👇
❌ “EVs are only for the wealthy”
✅ After energy & auto, healthcare is the biggest user of salary sacrifice - mainly nurses.
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas: Day 19 ⚡
Before Christmas, let’s ditch some electrification myths we’re not taking into 2026 👇
❌ “EVs are only for the wealthy”
✅ After energy & auto, healthcare is the biggest user of salary sacrifice - mainly nurses.
Before Christmas, let’s ditch some electrification myths we’re not taking into 2026 👇
❌ “EVs are only for the wealthy”
✅ After energy & auto, healthcare is the biggest user of salary sacrifice - mainly nurses.
⚡ Introducing the Electric Brewery Field ⚡
We’ve sponsored the Electric Brewery Field in Bridgend - home to the @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this season & permanent home of the Bridgend Ravens.
It’s more than logos & signage: energy bills shouldn’t cost clubs.
We’ve sponsored the Electric Brewery Field in Bridgend - home to the @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this season & permanent home of the Bridgend Ravens.
It’s more than logos & signage: energy bills shouldn’t cost clubs.
December 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
⚡ Introducing the Electric Brewery Field ⚡
We’ve sponsored the Electric Brewery Field in Bridgend - home to the @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this season & permanent home of the Bridgend Ravens.
It’s more than logos & signage: energy bills shouldn’t cost clubs.
We’ve sponsored the Electric Brewery Field in Bridgend - home to the @ospreysofficial.bsky.social this season & permanent home of the Bridgend Ravens.
It’s more than logos & signage: energy bills shouldn’t cost clubs.
🎄☀️ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas - Day 18 ☀️✨
Solar power isn’t just for homeowners and businesses - some of Britain’s biggest names are leading the charge too. Clean energy looks good on everyone. 👇
Solar power isn’t just for homeowners and businesses - some of Britain’s biggest names are leading the charge too. Clean energy looks good on everyone. 👇
December 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🎄☀️ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas - Day 18 ☀️✨
Solar power isn’t just for homeowners and businesses - some of Britain’s biggest names are leading the charge too. Clean energy looks good on everyone. 👇
Solar power isn’t just for homeowners and businesses - some of Britain’s biggest names are leading the charge too. Clean energy looks good on everyone. 👇
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 16: Electrification that’s safer, healthier & cheaper ☀️🏡
Newcastle’s retrofit projects with the city council show what the transition really means for people - not just policy. The results go far beyond tech 👇
Newcastle’s retrofit projects with the city council show what the transition really means for people - not just policy. The results go far beyond tech 👇
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 16: Electrification that’s safer, healthier & cheaper ☀️🏡
Newcastle’s retrofit projects with the city council show what the transition really means for people - not just policy. The results go far beyond tech 👇
Newcastle’s retrofit projects with the city council show what the transition really means for people - not just policy. The results go far beyond tech 👇
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 16: Some things should stay in the past ⚡
Brussels sprouts? Debatable.
Tinsel everywhere? Festive chaos.
Scrapping the petrol & diesel phase-out? ❌ Hard no.
Not every throwback deserves a comeback.
Brussels sprouts? Debatable.
Tinsel everywhere? Festive chaos.
Scrapping the petrol & diesel phase-out? ❌ Hard no.
Not every throwback deserves a comeback.
December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 16: Some things should stay in the past ⚡
Brussels sprouts? Debatable.
Tinsel everywhere? Festive chaos.
Scrapping the petrol & diesel phase-out? ❌ Hard no.
Not every throwback deserves a comeback.
Brussels sprouts? Debatable.
Tinsel everywhere? Festive chaos.
Scrapping the petrol & diesel phase-out? ❌ Hard no.
Not every throwback deserves a comeback.
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 15: How to make your heat pump run super efficiently 🔥❄️
Heat pumps are brilliant for cosy, low-carbon heating - and with a few smart tweaks, you can get even more comfort for less energy. Tips from the Energy Saving Trust 👇
Heat pumps are brilliant for cosy, low-carbon heating - and with a few smart tweaks, you can get even more comfort for less energy. Tips from the Energy Saving Trust 👇
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🎄 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 15: How to make your heat pump run super efficiently 🔥❄️
Heat pumps are brilliant for cosy, low-carbon heating - and with a few smart tweaks, you can get even more comfort for less energy. Tips from the Energy Saving Trust 👇
Heat pumps are brilliant for cosy, low-carbon heating - and with a few smart tweaks, you can get even more comfort for less energy. Tips from the Energy Saving Trust 👇
🎄⚡ Power-Up to Christmas - Day 14
Earlier this year, our Director of Policy & Advocacy Ben Westerman wrote in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social esman about a problem that’s only grown louder as winter bills land:
👉 Britain can’t electrify on yesterday’s pricing system.
Earlier this year, our Director of Policy & Advocacy Ben Westerman wrote in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social esman about a problem that’s only grown louder as winter bills land:
👉 Britain can’t electrify on yesterday’s pricing system.
December 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🎄⚡ Power-Up to Christmas - Day 14
Earlier this year, our Director of Policy & Advocacy Ben Westerman wrote in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social esman about a problem that’s only grown louder as winter bills land:
👉 Britain can’t electrify on yesterday’s pricing system.
Earlier this year, our Director of Policy & Advocacy Ben Westerman wrote in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social esman about a problem that’s only grown louder as winter bills land:
👉 Britain can’t electrify on yesterday’s pricing system.
🎄🏴 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 13: Wales is the UK’s heat pump hotspot (yes, really) 🔥
Regional data shows the South West (15%) and South East (15%) still lead in total installs…
But the real growth story is happening elsewhere 👇
Regional data shows the South West (15%) and South East (15%) still lead in total installs…
But the real growth story is happening elsewhere 👇
December 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🎄🏴 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 13: Wales is the UK’s heat pump hotspot (yes, really) 🔥
Regional data shows the South West (15%) and South East (15%) still lead in total installs…
But the real growth story is happening elsewhere 👇
Regional data shows the South West (15%) and South East (15%) still lead in total installs…
But the real growth story is happening elsewhere 👇
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas calendar - Day 11 ⚡🎄
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is powering Britain’s clean-heat boom.
💡Government support matters - and the data proves it.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is powering Britain’s clean-heat boom.
💡Government support matters - and the data proves it.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas calendar - Day 11 ⚡🎄
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is powering Britain’s clean-heat boom.
💡Government support matters - and the data proves it.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is powering Britain’s clean-heat boom.
💡Government support matters - and the data proves it.
☀️🔋 Electrify Britain's Power-Up to Christmas calendar, day 10: The solar battery stat you might not expect 🎄
The average UK solar battery system costs around £10,000.
But here’s the twist: it typically pays itself back in around 10 years.
More on how that works 👇
The average UK solar battery system costs around £10,000.
But here’s the twist: it typically pays itself back in around 10 years.
More on how that works 👇
December 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
☀️🔋 Electrify Britain's Power-Up to Christmas calendar, day 10: The solar battery stat you might not expect 🎄
The average UK solar battery system costs around £10,000.
But here’s the twist: it typically pays itself back in around 10 years.
More on how that works 👇
The average UK solar battery system costs around £10,000.
But here’s the twist: it typically pays itself back in around 10 years.
More on how that works 👇
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 9: Heat pumps just had their best quarter yet! 🎄⚡
Government-supported installations hit 11,689 in Q3 2025 - up 4% from Q2.
That’s thousands more homes choosing better, safer, cheaper heat.
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Government-supported installations hit 11,689 in Q3 2025 - up 4% from Q2.
That’s thousands more homes choosing better, safer, cheaper heat.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, Day 9: Heat pumps just had their best quarter yet! 🎄⚡
Government-supported installations hit 11,689 in Q3 2025 - up 4% from Q2.
That’s thousands more homes choosing better, safer, cheaper heat.
👇
Government-supported installations hit 11,689 in Q3 2025 - up 4% from Q2.
That’s thousands more homes choosing better, safer, cheaper heat.
👇
🎄✨ Power-Up to Christmas - Day 8 ✨🎄
Want a brighter Christmas and lower bills?
There’s one quick festive switch that makes a big difference: go LED.
🧵👇
Want a brighter Christmas and lower bills?
There’s one quick festive switch that makes a big difference: go LED.
🧵👇
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎄✨ Power-Up to Christmas - Day 8 ✨🎄
Want a brighter Christmas and lower bills?
There’s one quick festive switch that makes a big difference: go LED.
🧵👇
Want a brighter Christmas and lower bills?
There’s one quick festive switch that makes a big difference: go LED.
🧵👇
🎄☀️ Power-Up to Christmas, Day 7: Solar panels love winter more than you think.☀️🎄
They don’t hibernate - cold air actually boosts efficiency by keeping panels at ideal temps. Shorter days = less total output, but winter solar can still perform brilliantly.
They don’t hibernate - cold air actually boosts efficiency by keeping panels at ideal temps. Shorter days = less total output, but winter solar can still perform brilliantly.
December 7, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🎄☀️ Power-Up to Christmas, Day 7: Solar panels love winter more than you think.☀️🎄
They don’t hibernate - cold air actually boosts efficiency by keeping panels at ideal temps. Shorter days = less total output, but winter solar can still perform brilliantly.
They don’t hibernate - cold air actually boosts efficiency by keeping panels at ideal temps. Shorter days = less total output, but winter solar can still perform brilliantly.
🎄⚡ Power-Up to Christmas, Day 6: Closing the Spark Gap ⚡🎄
At Mott MacDonald, our policy & advocacy director Ben Westerman highlighted a major barrier to electrification - not tech, policy.
UK electricity is now ~50% more expensive than during the 2021/22 crisis.
At Mott MacDonald, our policy & advocacy director Ben Westerman highlighted a major barrier to electrification - not tech, policy.
UK electricity is now ~50% more expensive than during the 2021/22 crisis.
December 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🎄⚡ Power-Up to Christmas, Day 6: Closing the Spark Gap ⚡🎄
At Mott MacDonald, our policy & advocacy director Ben Westerman highlighted a major barrier to electrification - not tech, policy.
UK electricity is now ~50% more expensive than during the 2021/22 crisis.
At Mott MacDonald, our policy & advocacy director Ben Westerman highlighted a major barrier to electrification - not tech, policy.
UK electricity is now ~50% more expensive than during the 2021/22 crisis.
🎄🔥 Power-Up to Christmas, Day 5: Heat pump vs. boiler 🔥🎄
This Christmas, there’s a more efficient way to stay cosy - and it doesn’t involve burning gas.
Heat pumps beat boilers on almost every front. Here’s why 👇
This Christmas, there’s a more efficient way to stay cosy - and it doesn’t involve burning gas.
Heat pumps beat boilers on almost every front. Here’s why 👇
December 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎄🔥 Power-Up to Christmas, Day 5: Heat pump vs. boiler 🔥🎄
This Christmas, there’s a more efficient way to stay cosy - and it doesn’t involve burning gas.
Heat pumps beat boilers on almost every front. Here’s why 👇
This Christmas, there’s a more efficient way to stay cosy - and it doesn’t involve burning gas.
Heat pumps beat boilers on almost every front. Here’s why 👇
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain's Power-Up to Christmas calendar, Day 4: Why electricity costs 4× more than gas ⚡🎄
Electricity is the most efficient energy we have - yet it’s still 4× the price of gas.
Not because of physics. Because of policy.
#ElectrifyBritain
Electricity is the most efficient energy we have - yet it’s still 4× the price of gas.
Not because of physics. Because of policy.
#ElectrifyBritain
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain's Power-Up to Christmas calendar, Day 4: Why electricity costs 4× more than gas ⚡🎄
Electricity is the most efficient energy we have - yet it’s still 4× the price of gas.
Not because of physics. Because of policy.
#ElectrifyBritain
Electricity is the most efficient energy we have - yet it’s still 4× the price of gas.
Not because of physics. Because of policy.
#ElectrifyBritain
🎄🚗 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, day 3: Petrol who? 🚗🎄
Only 3% of EV drivers say they’d go back to petrol.
Once you’ve felt smooth, quiet driving, low running costs and home charging… It’s hard to return to the pump.
Only 3% of EV drivers say they’d go back to petrol.
Once you’ve felt smooth, quiet driving, low running costs and home charging… It’s hard to return to the pump.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🎄🚗 Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas, day 3: Petrol who? 🚗🎄
Only 3% of EV drivers say they’d go back to petrol.
Once you’ve felt smooth, quiet driving, low running costs and home charging… It’s hard to return to the pump.
Only 3% of EV drivers say they’d go back to petrol.
Once you’ve felt smooth, quiet driving, low running costs and home charging… It’s hard to return to the pump.
🎄☕ Day 2: The price of a cuppa ☕🎄
Ever boiled the kettle during a TV ad break? That’s the TV pickup effect - sudden spikes in electricity demand when millions of us make a brew at the same time.
It sounds niche, but the National Grid actually plans for it.
Ever boiled the kettle during a TV ad break? That’s the TV pickup effect - sudden spikes in electricity demand when millions of us make a brew at the same time.
It sounds niche, but the National Grid actually plans for it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 AM
🎄☕ Day 2: The price of a cuppa ☕🎄
Ever boiled the kettle during a TV ad break? That’s the TV pickup effect - sudden spikes in electricity demand when millions of us make a brew at the same time.
It sounds niche, but the National Grid actually plans for it.
Ever boiled the kettle during a TV ad break? That’s the TV pickup effect - sudden spikes in electricity demand when millions of us make a brew at the same time.
It sounds niche, but the National Grid actually plans for it.
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas Calendar begins! ⚡🎄
Each day to Christmas, we’ll open a new “electrification window” - sharing quick, surprising snapshots of how electric tech is transforming Britain.
Each day to Christmas, we’ll open a new “electrification window” - sharing quick, surprising snapshots of how electric tech is transforming Britain.
December 1, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🎄⚡ Electrify Britain’s Power-Up to Christmas Calendar begins! ⚡🎄
Each day to Christmas, we’ll open a new “electrification window” - sharing quick, surprising snapshots of how electric tech is transforming Britain.
Each day to Christmas, we’ll open a new “electrification window” - sharing quick, surprising snapshots of how electric tech is transforming Britain.
🚗 Yesterday’s budget risks slowing Britain’s EV transition.
The new 3p-per-mile EV road charge could mean up to 120,000 fewer electric cars sold over the next 5 years, according to government forecasts.
The new 3p-per-mile EV road charge could mean up to 120,000 fewer electric cars sold over the next 5 years, according to government forecasts.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🚗 Yesterday’s budget risks slowing Britain’s EV transition.
The new 3p-per-mile EV road charge could mean up to 120,000 fewer electric cars sold over the next 5 years, according to government forecasts.
The new 3p-per-mile EV road charge could mean up to 120,000 fewer electric cars sold over the next 5 years, according to government forecasts.
⚡️🔒 Britain is still locked out of the electric future following today’s Budget.
Yes, there’s short-term relief - but it doesn’t back the long-term electrification we need to escape the cost of living crisis.
Yes, there’s short-term relief - but it doesn’t back the long-term electrification we need to escape the cost of living crisis.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
⚡️🔒 Britain is still locked out of the electric future following today’s Budget.
Yes, there’s short-term relief - but it doesn’t back the long-term electrification we need to escape the cost of living crisis.
Yes, there’s short-term relief - but it doesn’t back the long-term electrification we need to escape the cost of living crisis.