UKIP’s energy spokesperson, Roger Helmer, has accused anti-fracking campaigners of being “eco-freaks” and trying to kill off the “greatest new economic opportunity”. Speaking at the party’s conference...
With India set to fast-track almost 100 new hydropower plants, and as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in America prepares to issue further hydroelectric projects across...
The European renewable energy industry has written to the European parliament, urging it to set a legally binding target for 2030. The industry warned that without...
There’s an old Faroese saying – betri er at vera fyrivarin, enn eftirsnarur (it’s better to be prepared than swift afterwards) – that can be used...
Landis+Gyr is set to supply the majority of the 16 million smart meters British Gas will install in its customer homes. The £600m deal is the...
New research suggests that energy has overtaken transport as the biggest concern for businesses with regards to infrastructure. Historically, the UK has underinvested in its infrastructure. Research...
Japan has shut down its last remaining operating nuclear reactor today, prompting fears the country may be left with insufficient energy capacity for the winter. Reactor...
Investment house Alliance Trust invests in non-fossil fuels, but makes an exception for natural gas, which it describes as a “beneficial transition fuel”. It adds that...
Peter Ainsworth looks back on his time working in the investment world with fond nostalgia. But even in 1992 – when he left the industry to...
The EU parliament is preparing for a crucial vote that could decide the fate of the biofuels industry on Wednesday. The plenary vote in Strasbourg will...
A £10m retail bond has been launched to finance the installation of solar panels and domestic and biomass boilers, aiming to give investors annual returns of...
Fracking is not “the evil thing that some people try to make it out to be,” the UK energy secretary Ed Davey has claimed. Davey, who...
The 2010 American documentary GasLand focuses on communities in the United States that have been impacted by natural gas drilling, specifically by the method known as fracking. After...
The Green Alliance has called upon the government to get behind community energy after a study found communities were ‘demoralised and obstructed’ by a lack of...
The UK is struggling to keep up in the “global green race” to develop clean technology and services, an independent thinktank has claimed. A review by...