Follow the money
May 28, 2019
The US Senate recently voted against the proposed Green New Deal programme, designed to combat the threat of climate change by reducing sales of coal, oil and natural gas.
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A Brazilian cut
May 22, 2019
For those who despair about the political machinations of Brexitland, here is a cautionary tale from South America, and the way in which the electricity market is run there.
Tempus Non Fugit
May 8, 2019
I confess I was always rather impressed by the Demand Response Association. Its public utterances were always pertinent, forceful and “took no prisoners.”
“Every man according to his work”
May 1, 2019
Fascinating latest figures tabulating actual employment in the low carbon sector, supplied by the Office for National Statistics.
Energy Star-Crossed Lovers
April 24, 2019
Rightly, the European Union has long touted the effectiveness of its mandatory A to G energy labelling scheme for electronic equipment. It is already saving the average British household over £100 a year on electricity bills.
“The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell”
April 16, 2019
There has been great astonishment that one of the oil majors, Shell, has announced its intention to become the world’s biggest power company within 15 years. The multinational thinks electrification will grow rapidly, and is apparently eyeing double digit returns from “smart
People power
April 9, 2019
There is still that fond belief around that we in the UK have far more influence upon our political masters than do those living under the yoke of a totalitarian government, like the Communists running China. Increasingly, I wonder whether this isn’t
No saint Bernard
April 2, 2019
The new chairman of the UK’s principal climate science denier campaign group holds investments in a number of fossil fuel companies, including those building controversial oil and gas pipelines in Canada.
“Stands Scotland where it did?”
March 27, 2019
ScottishPower has been paid £107 million for switching off its wind turbines during a three-year delay in completing an undersea cable project which was supposed to solve that very problem.
“Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”
March 14, 2019
Large electricity suppliers must triple the number of smart meters they are installing, in order to meet the 2020 rollout deadline, consumer group Which? has warned.