The all-new Electrical Review is here

Welcome to the all-new Electrical Review.

We’re genuinely excited to share this next chapter with you. The relaunch has been a long time in the making, but the aim has always been simple: to make Electrical Review more focused, more useful, and better aligned with the realities of this sector.

Changing a publication with 154 years of history is not something we take lightly. Electrical Review has been part of the UK electrical sector for generations, reporting on the technologies, businesses, policies and people that have shaped the industry.

When I took over as Editor of Electrical Review back in 2021, I learned pretty quickly how much this brand means to so many people. Through the design and development of our 150th Anniversary Edition, I also saw the events Electrical Review has been there for throughout its history – whether it’s the invention of the light bulb or the feud between Edison and Nikola Tesla.

But if a title with that kind of heritage is going to remain useful, it cannot simply rely on history. It has to keep evolving. That’s why we’ve relaunched Electrical Review.

Let’s be clear – this is not just a new website or a new logo. What’s really new is under the hood. It’s all about the content you’ll be seeing from now on.

I mentioned earlier that Electrical Review needs to be a more focused, practical and useful publication for the people involved in delivering electrification infrastructure across the UK. That’s because everyone now has access to a million sources of information, and they even have chatbots in their pockets – so we need to give you a good reason to come back to us time and time again. 

Our readers don’t need more noise. They need fast updates when something important happens, deeper explanation when an issue is complex, and expert perspectives that challenge assumptions rather than repeat familiar talking points.

That is why the all-new Electrical Review is built around three core editorial formats: News, Deep Dive and Opinion.

News: What matters and why?

News remains central to Electrical Review. What is changing is how we think about news.

Let’s be honest, there’s no shortage of announcements. Every day there are new projects, product launches, policy updates, partnerships, funding rounds, planning applications, grid developments, technology deployments and job moves.

Some of these announcements are important. Some are interesting. Many are, frankly, noise.

That’s why our mission with the all-new Electrical Review is not to chase every announcement – it’s to help readers understand what actually matters.

Electrical Review’s news coverage will quickly explain what the news is, and then go into more depth on why you should care. We’re calling it In Brief, which is essentially bullet point explainers on what you need to know, and In Review, which will go into more depth on why the news should matter to you.

Our aim is simple: to make our news coverage useful to busy readers who need to understand the direction of the market.

Deep Dive: Slowing down where it matters

If News is where we move quickly, Deep Dive is where we slow down.

Deep Dives will serve as long-form, evergreen articles designed to look beyond announcements and examine the issues shaping electrification in practice. They are built for readers who want to understand a topic properly, not just skim the latest development.

A Deep Dive might explore why grid connection delays are holding back commercial electrification, what makes an EV depot project succeed or fail, how battery storage is changing site-level energy strategy, or why commissioning, documentation and handover can determine whether infrastructure performs as intended.

These pieces are not designed to be disposable. They will be structured, researched and, where needed, updated over time.

Our aim is to build a library of resources you can refer back to and get the answers you need. 

Opinion: The industry’s forum

For those who read our printed edition, you know we’ve always served as a forum for sharing ideas and opinions. We continue to be passionate about that, because the sector can only get better if it engages in informed debates.

That’s why we’re looking to spotlight even more voices under the all-new Electrical Review. Whether you’re a contractor, consultant, manufacturer, network expert, energy specialist, charge point operator, facilities team, engineer, policymaker or business leader, if you have something useful to say – let us provide the platform.

An opinion article should help readers see an issue differently. It should bring practical experience, constructive challenge or a clear argument.

Half the industry may think you’re absolutely bonkers, but that doesn’t make your views invalid. That’s why we want opinion to be a space where the sector can think out loud, because we can’t move forward unless we challenge preexisting assumptions.

A clearer focus for a changing sector

News, Deep Dive and Opinion are not just labels. They reflect a broader shift in what Electrical Review is here to do.

For many years, Electrical Review covered a wide sweep of the electrical sector. That breadth had value, and our history is something we are proud of. But the industry has changed.

The pressures now facing readers are more complex, more interconnected and more delivery-led than ever before. A publication trying to cover everything risks becoming less useful to the people who need clear, relevant and practical information.

So, alongside the new formats, we’re also sharpening our focus.

Electrical Review will concentrate on the infrastructure required to deliver electrification in the real world. That includes Commissioning & Reliability, EV Charging Infrastructure, Grid & Connections, and Storage & Resilience..

The all-new Electrical Review has been designed around these topics. We’ve put them front and centre on the navigation bar – not because they are neat categories, but because they reflect the real pressure points shaping the sector.

Built for the next era of electrification

Relaunching Electrical Review is not about walking away from our history, it’s about making sure that history continues to mean something.

When you’ve lasted more than a century and a half, you don’t get to survive by standing still. You need to know when to evolve.

The UK’s electrification challenge is no longer just a future ambition, it’s happening now. While we’ve been on this journey for the past few years, it’s reaching a fever pitch as new challenges enter the fray – whether it’s AI data centres, the electrification of transport, or the transition to renewable electricity.

That is why the all-new Electrical Review is so important to us. We want to be useful to the people trying to connect sites, commission systems, manage constrained capacity, improve resilience, electrify fleets, specify better projects and keep critical infrastructure working long after the initial installation is complete.

We also want to be honest about the sector we cover. Electrification is exciting, yes, but it is also difficult. There are constraints, delays, skills challenges, commercial pressures, technical risks and operational realities that cannot be solved by ambition alone.

That is what the all-new Electrical Review is here to provide.

Will we get everything right immediately? Probably not. But we know what we are trying to build, and we are excited to keep building it with you. With that in mind, if you have any feedback to give, get in touch!

So, to our long-standing readers, thank you for sticking with us. To those discovering Electrical Review for the first time, welcome. And to anyone working in the industry: we hope the all-new Electrical Review becomes a publication you come back to not because you have to, but because it helps.