We think of decarbonisation as a “cost”. But what about the opportunity?
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Offshore wind is an expensive business to get into.
Price caps don’t cut it – but community ownership can help solve the energy problem and make people more resilient.
The party wants publicly-owned firms to join – not replace – the market.
Research shows people don’t trust planning decisions if it seems central government or energy companies have had too much influence.
This is a big opportunity for smaller reactors that can be built quickly and cheaply.
The government promises cash for communities that accept fracking, but cannot know whether it can keep that promise or not.
For years UK energy policy has been focused on creating a perfect environment for a new nuclear plant. Now things just got exciting.
Britain should focus on energy efficiency and small-scale renewable projects, not huge new power plants.
Energy isolation would be more expensive and less secure.
Councillors are caught in the crossfire between government, industry, protestors and locals.
The search for alternative ways to boost energy supply – or reduce demand.
His energy manifesto doesn’t present ‘old solutions to old problems’ but provocative responses to increasingly urgent challenges.
The proposed Energy Bill ends wind power subsidies and toughens planning regulations. But it’s not all bad news for the industry.
What is a healthy room temperature? On releasing its Cold Weather Plan for 2014, Public Health England has recently revised its recommended minimum levels to keep in good health. No longer, they say, do…
Take a hard look at the painful process of de-carbonising the UK’s electricity supply, and it’s clear that the options on the table are not great. From the outset, changes to the system generate further…
Do we have enough onshore windfarms, or do we have too many? And who decides what “too many” looks like? The Conservative Party has announced it would end subsidies for new onshore wind farms if it won…
There is a boom in renewable energy sources coming online worldwide, but the predominant types – solar and wind – are problematic due to their variable nature. For most regions of the world, the sun cannot…
The inhabitants of a frequently cold and windy country like the UK need to heat their homes, even in what is loosely termed “summer”. This is achieved mostly by natural gas-fed boilers – but this dependence…
Britain’s homes are responsible for almost a third of the nation’s energy use, despite decades of gradually improving energy efficiency. For the UK to meet its targets for carbon emissions reductions by…
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Professor of Energy, The Open University
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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