In its final report, the disbanded Energy and Climate Change Committee encouraged the Government to focus on energy storage to ensure the UK’s future energy security....
The Energy and Climate Change Committee has released a report today which focuses on the UK’s energy network. The Low Carbon Network Infrastructure document highlights areas...
Commenting on a report by the Energy and Climate Change Committee, on Investor confidence in the UK energy sector, Lord Turner of Ecchinswell said: “It’s fairly obvious...
MPs have criticised the government’s ‘capacity market’ and have instead urged the use of smart technology to cut greenhouse gas emissions and energy demand. The capacity...
Conservative MP and chairman of the energy and climate change committee, Tim Yeo has said that the problem of stranded assets within the fossil fuel industry...
The energy and climate change committee has suggested stamp duty discounts, variable council tax rates and other financial incentives as ways to push householders towards energy...
The government is “punching below its weight” when it comes to supporting businesses operating in the green economy, according to the Energy and Climate Change Committee....
MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee have scrutinised the processes of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and concluded that its findings are...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology must be fast-tracked into use in UK power plants, as it is “absolutely vital” to efforts to curb climate change,...
The UK’s carbon price floor, a tax on fossil fuels used to generate electricity, should be scrapped, voices from within the industry have said. As the...
David Cameron’s pledge to ‘roll back’ green levies could in fact cause energy bills to rise, the chairman of the energy and climate change select committee...
Energy chiefs from the big six suppliers were grilled by MPs on Tuesday amid a fierce political row over rising consumer bill prices. Four of the...
MPs are set to quiz energy company bosses on their decisions to increase consumer prices by as much as 10.4%. Chair of the energy and climate...
A group of MPs has refused to back a project that would see the government construct a £30billlion tidal barrage across the river Severn. The energy...
Communities looking to develop medium-sized clean energy projects should be given energy bill discounts or an ownership stake in the infrastructure, according to a group of...