Experts see energy efficiency as a key element of a coherent energy policy and UK Government seemed to have organised a highly inept scheme which has been closed down and the NAO have written a critical report on this. In the article below it seems we could learn from the Germans. David Thorpe: The National Audit […]
Britain’s leading green energy company today welcomed the Government’s review of tidal lagoon energy – and announced that it is ready to take part in the review and to compete to build the first tidal lagoon energy site in Britain. The company, which will release details of its plans later this year, believes it can […]
CIWEM – An independent review of shale gas extraction in the UK and the implications for the water environment In 2014 CIWEM published a review of the implications of shale gas on the water environment with ten recommendations for action. Although exploration has not progressed in the UK during this time, there have been considerable […]
Two items the Defra plan and the Decc plan 2015-2020 – Important reading to signal the way the wind blows The Defra 2015-2020 plan Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs publishes its departmental plan for 2015-2020, outlining priority areas in flooding, air pollution and wildlife diversity The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs […]
DECC chose December 22nd to make over 50 announcements on its websites including on the FIT for solar, flooding the world with information Dec 22nd was obviously a good day to bury bad news. https://www.gov.uk/government/latest?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change Business Green – James Murray – Davey accuses government of ‘butchering UK’s renewables on the basis of Alice in Wonderland […]
There are a bewildering array of other elements behind the headline % cuts which are lower than predicted. Smoke and mirrors, billions down the back of the sofa, an OBR windfall (£27bn) is how the ‘new’ money has been described. The Defra statement is set out below. Three elements begin to emerge: The flood infrastructure […]
Such has been the carnage to renewables policy at Decc and the recent love-in with China and nuclear it comes as no surprise that many people have been asking exactly what UK’s energy policy is. Here is Amber Rudd’s wide ranging answer,click here: https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/amber-rudds-speech-on-a-new-direction-for-uk-energy-policy Whilst one of her aims is to make energy policy boring […]
EAC ‘The Government has confirmed in a written response to the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) that it will publish an impact assessment ‘later this summer’ concerning its decision on 18 June 2015 to close the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind projects a year earlier than planned. The confirmation from Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Secretary […]