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15 Jun 2015

Energy Crunch Newsletter – A fantastic source and update on the Energy and Climate Change Issues

Tectonic shifts – NEF Blog This issue contains Growth of renewables Sir David King ‘Apollo’ call on why Government support is still needed Norway’s decision to divest $900bn from fossil fuels The ex Shell chairman’s statement the divestment is a rational decision Sign on here: http://www.neweconomics.org/page/s/sign-up-to-energy-crunch DECC budget details show limited scope for cuts – […]

11 May 2015

Newsletter of the Month – Energy Crunch – New Economics Foundation

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This blog and newsletter is a mine of information, and if you are interested in these issues you should sign up here http://www.neweconomics.org/page/s/sign-up-to-energy-crunch A section of the last mailing gives you a sense of the coverage We’ve previously reported on the transformative potential of solar power: this is now increasingly recognised by financial analysts. In […]

01 May 2015

Telegraph – Knives out for the Swansea Barrage Tidal Lagoon Power Barrage

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Main text: The Swansea project and a number of related schemes will come under closer scrutiny post the election. The cost questions will need to be answered quickly if this project is not to come to a grinding halt. This make the deal over the cost of the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point look […]

07 Apr 2015

Energy policy and politics – leadership, political will, certainty and consistency

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The absence of leadership, political will, certainty and consistency to Tory energy policy emerge from a recent crop of articles. Political will is holding back renewables REA News: Senior parliamentarians from the four key political parties today agreed that political will, rather than money or technology, is holding back the UK’s renewable energy sector. […]

27 Mar 2015

UK to tap Norwegian hydropower though world’s longest interconnector

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UK & Norway have signed a deal to start building a 730Km link that could provide 14% of the electricity used in homes each year. The National grid and Stannett and Norwegian Transmission system operator. £2bn deal. Landfall will be in Blyth http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2401655/uk-to-tap-norwegian-hydropower-through-worlds-longest-interconnector

01 Dec 2014

Wave Energy – Pelamis goes into administration & Scottish government create Wave Energy Scotland in response

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A technology development body launched yesterday by the Scottish government is to offer jobs to some staff at collapsed wave power firm Pelamis. The new body – called Wave Energy Scotland – will aim to bring the best engineering and academic minds together to work on furthering wave technology. Speaking at Holyrood, energy minister Fergus […]

07 Oct 2014

Funding Call – Water, Energy and Food Nexus – EPSRC

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James Box NERC Science Programme Officer This call is being led by EPSRC with the support of three RCUK cross-council programmes: Living with Environmental Change, The Energy Programme and the Global Food Security Programme; and the UK cross-government /industry UK Water Research Innovation Partnership (UKWRIP). It is hoped that the sandpit will enable UK researchers […]

24 Sep 2014

Energy Update – Nuclear boost at Hinckley – Milliband goal on Green Investment and REA’s Manifesto for the 2015 election

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Plans for the Hinkley Point C reactor have been a agreement by the EU that the project does not break legal rules. For those who bring up the level of subsidy for renewable technologies the £17.6 billion for this project is a reminder of the scale of support nuclear energy still receives. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/22/hinkley-point-nuclear-reactor-gains-eu-approval As the […]