15 May 2018

BEIS Parliamentary select committee announces investigation of obstacles and delays behind a long-awaited final decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project Business Green ‘A Parliamentary probe into the delays behind UK government making a long-awaited final decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project has been announced by MPs and the first evidence session […]

07 Jan 2018

Claire Perry eyes further clean growth to build on ‘greenest year ever’ Business Green ‘UK Climate Change Minister says country is doing “even better than we thought” against future carbon budgets, as she talks up plans to create more green jobs  Climate Change Minister Claire Perry has hailed 2017 as “a real UK success story” […]

16 Oct 2017

This is a very important document because it ends the uneasy drift there has been with energy policy over the last five years since Cameron’s ‘cut the green crap’. The strategy has been widely welcomed as signalling Government’s commitment. ‘It sets a direction, a tone and a set of goals, which together are an impressive […]

15 Sep 2017

Renewables Price – Green light for more big offshore farms  Three Offshore Wind Projects Secure Contracts for Difference as Strike Prices Go Down Offshore Wind biz ‘The UK government has awarded three offshore wind projects with Contracts for Difference (CfD) in the second round of auctions with strike prices going as low as GBP 57.50/MWh […]

14 Aug 2017

This quick and dirty piece of work is critically important for UK’s short term policy decision making on energy. Think Hinckley, Swansea tidal barrage, solar, offshore and onshore wind and fracking. These two commentaries provide the backdrop to the review and what is at stake. One wonders how much the scale of damage climate change […]

21 Sep 2016

Resource Minister Theresa Coffey has confirmed the postponement of Defra’s 25-year environment plan until 2017, in the same week that Energy Minister Nick Hurd revealed that the Government may also delay the release of a plan on the UK’s carbon reduction targets until next year. Appearing before the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) in Westminster this […]