On the 25th of June 2018, Greg Clark the relatively new minister for the relatively new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) delivered a statement rejecting the development of the Swansea Tidal Lagoon based on the fact that it didn’t represent value for money for the UK taxpayer. Read more…
It’s time to accept that our experience of nuclear power has faded our romance and that our eye has wandered towards a more beautiful object for our affections: renewable power generated from wind turbines, solar panels, tides and waves. Most forward-thinking leaders in the energy industry are making plans to Read more…
On Thursday 1st June 2017, US President Donald Trump proceeded to do what everybody knew he was going to do and announced that he was pulling the USA out of the Paris Climate Agreement. The agreement was made in December 2015 and brought together 195 nations from around the world Read more…
Nearly all of the Big Six energy suppliers have recently announced price rises that are expected to affect as many as 7.4 million customers. In total, these price increases will cost UK customers an additional £400 million more than they already pay, or roughly £55 per customer each year. On Read more…
A Runaway Success Story The feed in tariff was first introduced in April 2010 as a financial incentive to encourage property owners across the UK to install renewable energy technology on their homes and businesses. Eligible systems receive a payment for the clean energy they generate that ‘feeds in’ to Read more…