By John Kay The blame for the UK’s impending power crisis will lie squarely with prevaricating politicians The origins of Britain’s impending energy crisis go back half a century. The Beatles were in their heyday, the young Harold Wilson was a freshly elected prime minister committed to “the white heat Read more
New planning policies could block wind power developments in most of the country, a leading green energy group has claimed. Changes proposed by Scottish Government ministers could jeopardise progress towards green energy and climate change targets, and threaten £2 billion-worth of future investment, according to Scottish Renewables which represents the Read more
The shale gas industry was born in the USA and to a very large extent that is where it remains. The impediment isn’t the lack of resources beyond North America – because in all probability there are vast quantities of the stuff in shale formations around the world. http://conservativehome.blogs.com/the-deep-end/2013/07/shale-gas-is-a-global-resource-but-all-eyes-are-on-britain.html
Five of the “big six” energy companies have dropped their policies of offering green tariffs to new customers, in a move which green campaigners fear could undermine the national drive to tackle climate change. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/23/big-six-energy-companies-green-tariffs
Anti-wind farm campaigners have already branded the proposals, which were announced in April, as disappointing. When they were unveiled, Linda Holt, spokeswoman for Scotland Against Spin, said: “There is very little new here. It’s already the case that wind farms can’t be built in national parks, but the issue is Read more
Wind power developments could be blocked across much of Scotland by new planning policies, a leading green energy group has claimed. http://news.stv.tv/politics/233828-wind-farm-developments-threatened-by-snps-proposed-planning-policies/
On hearing today’s news that SSE is launching a new panel, headed by Scotland’s former first minister Lord McConnell, to oversee around £90m in community funding for areas the company is developing wind farms in, I looked up SSE’s annual report. Great news for shareholders; really bad news for electricity Read more
The Sunday Politics interview with Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey on July 14 provoked widespread reaction in the twittersphere and elsewhere, which was only to be expected given the interview was about the latest developments in global warming and the implications for government policy. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-23405202