Solar panels at the Four Ashes Golf Centre. Photo credit: Elliott Brown via Flickr. We have previously written about the clean energy sector in the UK and its insecure future with regard […]
Editorial – UK solar subsidy cuts: how to kill an industry
China and the UK agree controversial nuclear energy partnership
The UK prime minister, David Cameron announce a historic nuclear deal between China and the UK at a Downing Street press conference. Photo credit: Number 10 / Georgina Coupe via Flickr. By Anders […]
UK energy minister attends clean energy summit, to promote fossil fuels
Andrea Leadsom pictured outside UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change. Photo credit: Department of Energy and Climate Change via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Policy uncertainties loom over large parts of UK’s […]
Opinion: Could there be positives to come from the UK’s governments chainsaw attack on green policies
Matt Finch. By Matt Finch In one of the most predictable surprises of the post-election period, the new Conservative government have taken a chainsaw to various green policies, including their very […]
The UK government culls the low carbon sector
Dark clouds looms over UK’s low carbon sector. Photo credit: Rob Faulkner via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen Last year we wrote that one of the biggest threats to the UK’s effort […]
Opinion: Thousands could lose their job in the UK onshore wind sector due to subsidy cuts
Editors note: In May UK’s Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd confirmed that subsidies for onshore wind power would be cut next year, which had been a pre-election promise. Phil Foster. […]
China’s slower growth, curbs on smog could hasten decline of US coal
US coal producers who bet on rising Asian demand struggle to justify new export terminals as China’s coal consumption slows. Photo credit: CoalSwarm. By Sabine Muscat Slowing economic growth and tougher environmental […]
Is France moving away from pledge to reduce nuclear capacity?
France could move away from a previous pledge to reduce nuclear capacity. Picture: a nuclear reactor in the French countryside. Photo credit: Lassi Kurkijarvi via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen When Francois Hollande […]
Obama: Let’s set our sights higher than on a single oil pipeline
In his State of the Union speech, Obama again highlighted the case for climate action. Photo credit: http://www.whitehouse.gov. By Anders LorenzenUS President Obama has, in his annual State of the Union (SOTU) […]
Analysis: The UK’s energy crisis
Photo credit. Reuters. By Anders Lorenzen The National Grid, which runs the UK’s electricity and gas supply has, according to the Times and BBC in a recent report released said that the […]
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