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SMALL BITE NO.3
On November 23rd, Financial Times Energy Editor, Andrew Ward, wrote, ‘energy consumers face paying £30bn above market prices for electricity for Hinkley over the 35-year life of the contract’. He was … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Finance, Hinkley, In the media, Nuclear, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged Andrew Ward, bills, consumers, cost, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, energy bills, Financial Times, FT, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, index linked, inflation, power, power station, value, wholesale
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No Need for Nuclear. The renewables are here – Conway Hall, London 17 June 2017
There is a very broad National consensus about what we want our energy policy to do, what the goal of British Energy Policy should be. It should be affordable, it should be secure and it should be low-carbon, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Fake News, Finance, Hinkley, Nuclear, People, Policy, Politics, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, carbon, communities, economy, energy, energy policy, energy transition, Hinkley, just transition, low-carbon, nuclear, policy, politics, Renewables, technology
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Will the Government energy efficiency drive work? – Sky News
I think that this about the smartest thing that the government has done in energy policy in some time. It really does set Britain on the right trajectory for getting a low-carbon, affordable, secure electricity supply, that’s right … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged batteries, bills, carbon, climate, community energy, E3G, economy, efficiency, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, Renewables, Sky News, solar, solar panels, Tom Burke
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The UK has formally signed up to the Paris climate change agreement – Sky News
Sky News: The UK has formally signed up to the first climate change agreement that covers every country on earth. It comes as there is uncertainty over America’s role in the Paris Agreement. Donald Trump had … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sky News, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, bills, carbon, China, climate, climate change, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, energy revolution, Energy Transition Commission, investment, low-carbon, opportunity, Paris Agreement, Paris Deal, rattification, renewable energy, Renewables, Tesla, transition, Trump, UK, US
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Hinkley is a very expensive strategic mistake for the country – TRT World News
TRT News: Joining me now from London is Tom Burke, Chairman of the environmental think tank E3G , and a former government advisor on climate change. Hinkley Point, what’s your biggest problem with it? … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Hinkley, In the media, International, Interviews, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost, TRT World News
Tagged bad deal, bills, Britain, China, consumers, cost, economy, EDF, energy, energy efficiency, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, jobs, mistake, nuclear, Nuclear Waste, Renewables, security, solar, subsidies
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The nuclear option: Where next for Hinkley Point?
This piece was first published by BusinessGreen BusinessGreen asks a range of experts their views on what should come next for the controversial and further delayed nuclear project Last week … Continue reading
Posted in Articles by Publication, Blog, Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged bad deal, bills, Business Green, carbon, Chinese, clean energy, consumers, contract, EDF, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, French, government, grid, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, jobs, low-carbon, nuclear, nuclear power, renewable energy, Renewables, security, solar, technology, trade unions, wind
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HINKLEY DECISION GRINDS TO A HALT
On Thursday 21st July the Prime Minister dined with Francois Hollande in Paris. On the same day, EDF announced a meeting of its Board had been called for the 28th of July. A press release stated simply … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Brexit, Business, Changing the Politics, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Europe, Finance, In the media, International, Nuclear, People, Politics, Security, The Human Cost
Tagged bills, Brexit, Britain, British, China, consumers, economy, EDF, electricity, energy, FID, financial, France, government, grid, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, investors, military, nuclear, security, subsidy
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Hinkley is a big economic problem – Sky News
The National Infrastructure Commission just pointed out a while ago that with better use of our existing energy generation capacity we could avoid four Hinkleys, and save 8 billion pounds. McKinsey pointed out that if we just took … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Europe, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sky News
Tagged bills, budget, consumer, cost, economy, EDF, energy bills, energy efficiency, Hinkley, investment, nuclear, Renewables, safety, subsidy, unreliable, value for money, waste
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Hinkley Point – BBC News
Hinkley will actually slow down, and make much more expensive the pace at which we can decarbonise our economy and therefore avoid the dangers of climate change. So there are much better things to do, that we can … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Europe, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, Politics, Security
Tagged bills, carbon, climate, climate risk, cost, economy, energy, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, Renewables
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