Transmission cables from the 24 offshore wind farms around the UK — which have a combined value of nearly £7.7bn — are all owned by companies with links to corporate tax havens. A Ferret investigation has found that five companies which part-own the cables — HICL Infrastructure, 3i Group, International Read more
In June 2011, 18 months before going off to serve Her Majesty in another capacity, former energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne made a remarkable speech in which he asserted that the Government’s green policies, far from costing households, would actually save us money. “Green growth,” he said, can Read more
Britain’s electricity generation went through an unfortunate phase last year. According to the UK-based website Carbon Brief, it got dirtier for the first time in years as renewable sources failed to provide sufficient power to help the nation’s economy recover from lockdown restrictions. More coal and gas had to be Read more
PEEL Ports have signed agreement with Mainstream Renewable Power for offshore wind farm infrastructure projects at Hunterston. Deals have been penned with the global wind and solar company to create the onshore infrastructure at the site to support its proposed offshore wind farm project. The development is part of a Read more