Flora joined Knight Frank in 2017 as part of the Residential Research team to provide analysis on geopolitical and economic trends on global wealth. Flora continues to contribute to and present the Knight Frank Wealth Report having been involved with seven editions and executive editor in 2022 and 2023. Prior to this Flora worked as an economist at KPMG and the UK Government.
Flora Harley
Partner, Head of Energy & Sustainability Research
Global Headquarters, GB
Flora joined Knight Frank in 2017 as part of the Residential Research team to provide analysis on geopolitical and economic trends on global wealth. Flora continues to contribute to and present the Knight Frank Wealth Report having been involved with seven editions and executive editor in 2022 and 2023. Prior to this Flora worked as an economist at KPMG and the UK Government.
Latest research
Energy & Sustainability
Homing in on solar and EV acceleration
Welcome to the April Sustainable Property Insights. Geopolitics has, understandably, dominated the headlines over the last month with energy markets in focus.
09 April 2026
Energy & Sustainability
Electric Vehicles and Commercial Real Estate
Charging infrastructure, land use and value creation: How real estate owners can look to unlock value from the UK’s accelerating EV transition
09 April 2026
Energy & Sustainability
Electric Vehicles and Commercial Real Estate: Charging infrastructure, land use and value creation
How real estate owners can look to unlock value from the UK’s accelerating EV transition
09 April 2026
Energy & Sustainability
Record Renewable Auctions: Almost 15GW of capacity awarded in AR7
The latest Contracts for Difference auction delivered a record level of capacity, building momentum for UK clean power, here we look tech by tech as well as whether this will be deliverable
23 February 2026
Energy & Sustainability
Domestic MEES and Record Wind Auction
Welcome to the first Sustainable Property Insights of 2026. We are kicking off the year with an update on all things MEES (for the domestic private rented sector at least) and look at the latest government moves in the renewable energy space, including the results of the Contracts for Difference auction on offshore wind and changes to existing renewable schemes.
05 February 2026
Energy & Sustainability
Warm Homes Plan: Implications for real estate and the private rented sector
23 January 2026
Energy & Sustainability
More of the same? Sustainability & real estate for 2026
Look back at 2025 and view to the year ahead for energy and sustainability in commercial real estate
17 December 2025
Energy & Sustainability
Connection reform update: a new pipeline announced
In early December, NESO confirmed the latest stage of connections reform with the outcome of the first Gate 2 criteria. A new ‘queue’ has now been formed.
11 December 2025
Energy & Sustainability
Bringing the energy: A COP & UK Budget special
Another year, another COP and possibly the most trailed UK Budget of all time.
28 November 2025