LAST week the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee published it Price of Power: Reforming the Electricity Market Report. Its findings could be the wake-up call Downing Street needs with respect to the sorry state of the UK electricity industry. Their Lordships are unambiguous and unequivocal in their conclusions, soundbites Read more
Strong winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands into a European renewable energy giant, producing more power than it knows what to do with. The tidal-power underwater turbines that were completed last month are only the latest green energy project for an archipelago that has been reliant Read more
Half of the UK’s electricity was generated by renewable and nuclear energy in the last quarter of 2016 according to the latest figures from the Dept. for Business and Energy. And, compared to the same period in 2015, production of electricity from coal-fired power stations collapsed from 16.7% to 3.6% Read more