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Hinkley Point B was built in the 1970s. The proposed plant, Hinkley C, will be built next door. jgolby / Shutterstock

July 28, 2016

As Hinkley Point C put on ice: the UK needs to get over energy megaprojects

David Elmes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Britain should focus on energy efficiency and small-scale renewable projects, not huge new power plants.

Baiji oil refinery in northern Iraq under attack. STR

June 23, 2014

What ISIS insurgency in Iraq could mean for global oil supplies and energy options

David Elmes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Recent tensions progressing to conflict in Iraq have raised concerns that world prices for oil will rise after a period of relative price stability that’s masked significant changes in supplies. Conflict…

61 speeches and counting. Andy Rain/EPA

June 4, 2014

Queen’s Speech 2014: the experts respond

Alan Renwick, University of Reading; Alan Woodward, University of Surrey; Alex Balch, University of Liverpool; David Elmes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick; Frank Uekötter, University of Birmingham; Iain Clacher, University of Leeds; Isabelle Szmigin, University of Birmingham; Jane Ogden, University of Surrey; Kenneth Gibb, University of Glasgow; Kitty Stewart, London School of Economics and Political Science; Richard K. Blundel, The Open University, and Tina Fawcett, University of Oxford

The government’s legislative plan for its final year has been set out in the Queen’s speech. It most notably contains a recall bill that will allow voters to sack MPs who are jailed or who have committed…

Burning issue. ClawzCTR

January 22, 2014

Why fracking for shale gas won’t bring Britons cheap energy bills

David Elmes, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

Debate over the development of shale gas in the UK and its potential benefits has intensified in recent weeks as the prime minister visited a fracking site in Lincolnshire to make announcements over how…

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