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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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BBC Radio 5 Live – Government announces independent review of energy prices – 6 Aug 17
5 Live: The government has launched an independent review into the cost of energy, days after British Gas raised energy prices by twelve and a half percent. The study is being carried out by Oxford University professor Dieter … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, BBC 5 Live, British Gas, carbon, climate, climate change, consumers, customers, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy price, fuel poverty, gas industry, grants, infrastructure, investment, low income, policy, review, savings, smart grid, zero carbon
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BBC News – What can the energy price review achieve? – 06 Aug 17
BBC News: The government has asked for and independent review of the energy market, just days after British Gas announced it is putting up its standard electricity price by twelve and a half percent. Theresa May did pledge … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Poverty, Public Services, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged buildings, carbon, climate, climate change, economy, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy industry, energy review, fuel poverty, government, infrastructure, investment, policy, price cap, savings, wholesale price, zero emissions
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BBC News – Government launches an independent review into the cost of energy prices
BBC News: An independent review into the cost of energy is being launched by the government, just days after British Gas raised standard electricity prices by twelve and a half percent. The review will examine how prices can be … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, BBC News, British Gas, building regulations, cities, climate, climate change, consumers, Dieter Helm, E3G, economy, electricity, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, fuel poverty, government, infrastructure, investment, price cap, utilities, wholesale price
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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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HINKLEY GREEN LIGHT A MASSIVE STRATEGIC MISTAKE, SAYS CLIMATE CHANGE THINK TANK
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : Wednesday 14th September 2016 E3G Press Release Following reports today that the Government is about to give the green light to the Hinkley Point C … Continue reading
Posted in Articles by Publication, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, International, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, Security, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged carbon, cheaper, China, cleaner, climate, competitive, Dong Energy, E3G, EDF, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy policy, energy security, expensive, faster, France, government, Hinkley, Hinkley Point C, investment, mistake, nuclear, Renewables, security, smarter, technology
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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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Why Hinkley is a very risky bet – BBC Radio Wales
This is not where we expected to be this morning, and it is very difficult to imagine what the government will discover in a few weeks time that it doesn’t already know. So I think that it is … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged BBC, budget, consumers, economy, electricity, energy, energy bills, energy security, Hinkley, investment, jobs, nuclear, Renewables, risk
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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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