Great British Energy is the government’s publicly owned, energy development company with a mission to accelerate clean power deployment to create jobs, boost energy independence, and ensure UK taxpayers, billpayers, and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, homegrown energy.
Our ambition is to become a lasting national institution that the British public will be proud of. We are building GBE not just as a company, but as a cornerstone of the UK’s energy landscape: a trusted, transparent, and innovative public champion that stands shoulder to shoulder with the leading state-owned energy companies of Europe.
For too long, Britain has relied on imported energy, while other state-owned companies have benefitted from owning our crucial energy assets. GBE marks a decisive break — a permanent national capability to plan, invest, and build the infrastructure that powers our future.
Public ownership with purpose means we use public capital to unlock private investment, not replace it. GBE’s investments will catalyse further investment, building industries that last. Returns from assets the public owns are reinvested — back into more capacity, more jobs and more opportunity.
Great British Energy works collaboratively with industry, local authorities and communities, and other public sector organisations such as the National Wealth Fund, to spread skilled jobs and investment across the country.
In recognition of Scotland’s leading role in the UK’s clean energy revolution, Great British Energy is headquartered in Aberdeen.
