National Grid – Tom Burke

Environmentalist

More power in Britain came from renewables than fossil fuels in 2019 – Sky News

On January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 By admin

Here are some excerpts of the interview I did for Sky News about the announcement from the National Grid that more power came from renewable sources than from fossil fuels for the first time in Britain in 2019. I think that it is a very important milestone. It means that […]

Is there really a need for Hinkley Point to be built? – World at One – Radio 4 – 16 Feb 16

On February 17, 2016February 19, 2016 By admin

BBC: So Is there a really need for Hinkley Point to be built? Tom Burke: There isn’t actually, there’s lots and lots more things that we can do. There is no need to replace nuclear with nuclear, or indeed with gas. We’ve got so many more options, that […]

OF NIGHTMARES AND PARROTS

On December 7, 2014December 8, 2014 By admin

This piece was first published in BusinessGreen Let me introduce you to the mysterious world of triads. This is not, however, an article about the exotic world of Hong Kong’s ill-famed criminal gangs. This is about the much more prosaic world of managing electricity bills. Triads […]