Energy and Climate Change

4 Extremely Important Things to Do When Your Power Goes Out

You could ruin your appliances if you don’t act fast. The best-case scenario when your power goes out is that it's a quick outage, and you’re just minorly inconvenienced by resetting all the clocks in your house. However, if you’re in the path of a severe storm or hurricane, strong winds can knock down power lines

King’s speech promises a clean energy transition to lower consumer bills

The King’s Speech this morning (17 July) established the Labour government’s commitment to a clean energy transition. The King’s Speech is written by the government and read at the State Opening of Parliament. Keir Starmer’s government has proposed a package of over 35 bills and draft bills for its first year in power, including establishing

New energy secretary Ed Miliband sets out priorities for net zero 2030

Ed Miliband, the newly appointed secretary of state for Energy Security and Net Zero, has unveiled his priorities for the department, emphasising a transition towards clean energy and economic parity for the UK public. In his first message to the department’s staff, Miliband articulated his vision to transform the UK into a “clean energy superpower”

Reeves to ‘scrap England onshore wind ban’

The new UK Labour government is set to lift the de-facto onshore wind ban in England, Rachel Reeves will declare in her first major speech as Chancellor. Reeves will make the pledge as part of an overhaul of the planning system that she will outline later today, according to the BBC. No large-scale onshore wind

Final coal shipment delivered to UK’s last coal-fired power station

The UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station has received its final shipment of coal ahead of shutting down later this year. Uniper’s Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal-fired power station received the 1,650-tonne delivery, transported by GB Railfreight, which is expected to be the last before the station is decommissioned on September 30. According to Uniper, this amount of

The political weaponisation of energy in the 2024 general election

As many readers will already know, the UK is fast approaching its next general election on 4 July 2024. This will, however, be one of the most significant general elections to date, particularly with the Labour Party expected to pounce at the opportunity to knock the Conservatives out as the governing body, a position

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