Active Energy reports solid strategic progress
By Josh White
Date: Tuesday 13 Jan 2026
(Sharecast News) - Active Energy Group said in an update on Tuesday that it made progress across all four of its strategic pillars during 2025, as the AIM-traded renewable energy and digital infrastructure group continued to advance clean fuel, renewable power and digital infrastructure initiatives.
The company said CoalSwitch remained a core strategic asset, positioning the group to offer a lower-carbon alternative to coal for industrial and utility customers.
During the year, Active Energy worked with Indigenous Canadian Energy to advance plans for a CoalSwitch and ICE black pellet production facility in Poland, targeting European customers seeking to transition away from traditional coal while maintaining energy security.
Discussions remained ongoing, with the board describing the partnership-led approach as a capital-efficient route to commercial deployment at scale.
In rooftop solar and battery energy storage, Active Energy said it has built a 30MW pipeline of UK rooftop solar projects.
The company secured a new 25-year power purchase agreement worth £0.83m with Cambridge City Football Club in December, which it said marked an important milestone in developing contracted, recurring revenues.
Planning and development work also continues on a battery energy storage system project at Fornan Castle in South Wales, which the company believes could become a strategically important grid-balancing asset as demand for storage increases.
The group also reported significant progress in developing energy-efficient digital infrastructure assets in the UAE, focused on high-performance computing for AI hosting and crypto mining.
It said it had established a scalable development pipeline of up to 300MW across multiple phased sites, designed to benefit from low-cost power, surplus grid capacity and a supportive regulatory environment.
Phase one, an 8MW facility, was in the final stages of commissioning and remained on track for completion by mid-February 2026, with 60% of capacity pre-sold and the balance to be marketed once operational.
Once fully operational, the facility was expected to generate around $3.8m in annualised revenue at an estimated gross margin of about 50%, subject to market conditions and utilisation.
Active Energy said cash flows from the initial phase were intended to be reinvested into the business to support a planned 25MW expansion already under way, while further phases within the wider 300MW pipeline remain under review.
The company also confirmed it had adopted a digital asset treasury strategy, allocating around 30% of working capital to a diversified crypto portfolio, with any excess in-house mining capacity potentially used to mine and hold Bitcoin as a long-term store of value.
Looking ahead, the board said it was encouraged by progress across all four pillars and believes the group is increasingly well positioned to deliver sustainable growth.
While noting ongoing macroeconomic and digital asset market volatility, the company said its diversified strategy provides resilience and multiple pathways to value creation as projects move into operational and revenue-generating phases.
At 1221 GMT, shares in Active Energy Group were up 7.74% at 0.08p.
Reporting by Josh White for Sharecast.com.
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