Evidence provided by a farmer claiming his property values dropped after a wind farm was built nearby cannot be used in a Victorian court case. Key points: Evidence to show a property’s value dropped because of the wind farm is thrown out Noel Uren is claiming $200,000 and other damages Read more
By Rachel Morison and Anna Shiryaevskaya – Bloomberg Electricity prices soared to a record in Britain as a period of still weather is curbing wind power, exposing the U.K.’s reliance on intermittent renewables. U.K. power for next day exceed 400 pounds ($553) a megawatt-hour at an auction on Monday, an Read more
Fact-checking Boris Johnson’s answer to my PMQBy Craig Mackinlay Craig Mackinlay is the Conservative MP for South Thanet It is critical that Britain’s decarbonisation policies are both affordable and technologically feasible. If the adoption of technologies such as wind and solar “farms”, square miles of batteries, hydrogen and widespread adoption Read more
I BELIEVE that the Cambo oilfield should continue to be developed. I am all for taking measures that will slow climate change, but is there such a thing as a green motorised vehicle? Many will point to battery-driven versions as being green – but although they are cleaner, they are Read more
Price spikes in the global energy market are meant to happen during the cold months of a northern hemisphere winter, which is why their arrival now is alarming. It suggests the current mini-crisis – which, embarrassingly, is seeing the UK shovel millions in the direction of coal plant producers just Read more
The climate cult’s true colours are revealed when it actively agitates against nuclear power; bad enough that they won’t promote it, worse still when they seek to sabotage nuclear power’s prospects, altogether. This is the crowd out to convince us that man-made carbon dioxide gas is “pollution” which, unless you Read more
Owners of the UK’s last remaining coal power stations are in line to be paid record sums to keep the lights on as energy prices reach fresh highs, and could be pushed even higher by lower wind power. Coal plants have been called on to supply power steadily in recent Read more
The UK government is to put £265m up for grabs to support renewable energy projects in the upcoming Contracts for Difference auction. Energy department BEIS has allocated offshore wind the lion’s share in the draft budget plan published today ahead of the delayed shoot-out, which is scheduled to open in Read more