Partnership at a Glance
Octopus Energy and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda have signed a memorandum to explore solar, batteries, electric vehicles and flexible demand. The deal was announced on 24 September 2026 during New York Climate Week. It supports the country’s target of 86% renewable electricity by 2030 and aims to reduce expensive imported fossil fuels while strengthening grid resilience.
First Steps and Timeline
As an immediate action, Octopus’s EV arm will supply electric vehicles for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting hosted in St John’s from 1–4 November 2026. The wider plan includes Virtual Power Plants that link home batteries, solar and EVs so they can support the grid together. Octopus already runs a network of nearly 500,000 such devices.
Why It Matters for UK Customers
This international move sits alongside Octopus’s UK and European renewables work. Octopus Energy Adds Three Irish Solar Farms to Power 10,000 Homes shows the same focus on clean generation closer to home. For British households on our energy comparison pages, it underlines how smart tariffs and storage can cut exposure to volatile fuel prices.
Prime Minister Gaston Browne said: “For Small Island Developing States such as Antigua and Barbuda, the transition to renewable energy is both an environmental imperative and an economic necessity. Our continued dependence on imported fossil fuels exposes our people and businesses to high and volatile energy costs, while climate change poses an existential threat to our development.”
