Simon Leadbetter explains how the benefits of subsidising renewable energy technologies far outweigh any kind of opposition. There’s a famous scene from Monty Python’s Life of...
The government’s energy bill announcement has caused a divide in the UK energy and business sectors. Here’s a rundown of some of the most prominent comments...
The government has decided against including a decarbonisation target in the forthcoming energy bill, delaying the decision until at least 2016. An announcement by the Department...
November 2012 might well go down as one of the defining months in the coalition government’s reign, not least because of a secret investigation undertaken by...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has attacked the coalition’s green agenda in a speech at Whitelee Wind Farm in Scotland, saying that David Cameron’s government is “not...
We seem to be locked in an endless financial crisis. Starting with a sub-prime housing bubble, complex financial derivatives linked to those assets contaminated global finance,...
Earlier this week, the World Bank published a report warning of the dramatic consequences of climate change and called on governments around the world to redirect...
John Hayes delivered a keynote speech at a renewables event in Lincolnshire yesterday, but failed to reassure the industry that the government is fully behind further...
Good Energy, the UK’s foremost 100% renewable energy supplier, has launched a local electricity tariff to benefit residents that live near wind farms. Customers that live...
Conservative energy minister John Hayes, who recently received fierce criticism over his unfavourable comments about wind power, is set to speak at a renewables event in...
The internet giant Google has revealed its total investment into renewable energy nears $1 billion, after announcing its latest development: a $75m wind farm in Iowa....
Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has said that the government’s uncertainty on energy policy could put off potential investors, adding that a lack of clear direction is...
A 32 megawatt (MW) solar project – which its developer says is the UK’s largest – has received planning permission from the local council. Lark Energy’s...
An investigation by Greenpeace has unearthed a Conservative MP seemingly supporting Telegraph blogger James Delingpole’s anti-wind farm campaign in the Corby by-election. The Guardian broke the...
Governments and policy-makers worldwide are failing to shift energy onto a truly sustainable path by over-subsidising fossil fuels and failing to capitalise on energy efficiency technologies,...