By Michael Kavanagh Centrica, owner of British Gas, is poised to shake up the UK consumer electricity market by offering free power on Saturdays to customers willing to concentrate their energy use at weekends when overall demand is low. Proposals Read more
Scientists in Japan and the U.S. say they are moving closer to tapping a new source of energy: methane hydrate, a crystalline form of natural gas found in Arctic permafrost and at the bottom of oceans. http://www.thegwpf.org/scientists-envision-tapping-methane-hydrates-arctic-ocean-floor/
UNITED STATES: US wind growth has ground to a halt this year, with no new installations completed in the second quarter of 2013, figures from the American Wind Energy Association show. http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1193573/us-wind-installations-sink-zero-q2
The Government will soon offer subsidies, funded by levies on consumer bills, to power stations to switch on quickly when wind farms are not generating sufficient electricity. http://www.thegwpf.org/uk-government-subsidise-coal-power-plants-wind-farms/
The South East must accept shale gas exploration for the sake of Britain’s economic future, Energy Minister Michael Fallon declared today. http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/energy-minister-michael-fallon-the-south-east-must-accept-fracking-8739179.html
A Nimby? No, I’m fighting to save the Britain I love: TV star GRIFF RHYS JONES on his crusade to stop wind farms and solar panels wrecking his favourite landscapes http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-2381610/GRIFF-RHYS-JONES-crusade-stop-wind-farms-solar-panels-wrecking-favourite-landscapes.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
A Donside anti-wind farm campaign group saw their celebrations cut short after a fourth application for turbines was made on a controversial site. The Stop Turbines in Cushnie group were toasting Aberdeenshire Councillors after they unanimously rejected an application for Read more
Over the next few years, Britain faces an energy crisis. All the encouraging economic figures will quickly be reversed if the lights go out or fuel prices soar. The country is increasingly reliant upon foreign gas to generate electricity, principally Read more