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Posts Tagged: Energy

Caroline Julian: It’s time to localise the fight against fuel poverty

The top-down Energy Company Obligation isn’t effective. The responsibility for solving the problem of cold homes should be devolved.

By Caroline Julian | 23 March 2015 | 19 comments

The Left’s five most inaccurate predictions

Five million unemployed…the death of the NHS…from a crowded field, here are the most wildly mistaken instances of lefty scaremongering.

By Mark Wallace | 19 March 2015 | 54 comments

Greg Barker MP: It’s time to phase out coal from our energy supply

It’s dirty, costly and leaves us reliant on Russia. Let’s make the move to better energy sources.

By Greg Barker MP | 12 March 2015 | 70 comments

Christopher Pincher MP: The Government must not delay the clean-up of Sellafield

DECC officials may be attracted to the idea of making a small saving tomorrow by agreeing to postpone further work. This temptation must be resisted.

By Christopher Pincher | 8 March 2015 | 6 comments

Sanjoy Sen: I’m a new candidate. But most of my career has been in the oil industry. Here’s my view of its future.

Contractors have already begun to deploy their experience and infrastructure in offshore wind. More needs to follow in terms of wave and tidal power.

By Sanjoy Sen | 7 March 2015 | 35 comments

The company we want to build nuclear plants has just made a loss bigger than its entire stock market valuation

A power station that might not open for another decade (if at all) is based on a design that is already out-of-date and losing money.

By Peter Franklin | 5 March 2015 | 10 comments

Dominic Raab MP: The Green Party’s policies are dangerous – and we should start taking them seriously

After all, the Greens could be in power with Labour within a few weeks. So it’s time for Conservatives to confront the threat that they pose.

By Dominic Raab MP | 4 March 2015 | 24 comments

Nadhim Zahawi MP: Six reasons why I’m optimistic about the coming election

A clear plan. A strong retail offer. The right direction. A vision for the country. Labour’s strategic failure. And let’s not forget…Ed Miliband.

By Nadhim Zahawi MP | 9 February 2015 | 29 comments

Never mind the oil price, renewable energy is still the future

There’s a change in the economics of energy that’s more impressive than anything that’s happened to oil lately – the spectacular fall in the cost of solar power

By Peter Franklin | 5 February 2015 | 30 comments

Lord Borwick: Shale gas offers a chance to boost the economy and reduce air pollution

I’ve been to “Frackistan” and seen the American industry in action. We have nothing to fear.

By Lord Borwick | 26 January 2015 | 35 comments

How everyone was blindsided by oil prices (but especially Salmond)

With Brent crude trading at below $50 a barrel, the former SNP leader’s promises are now sunk at the bottom of the North Sea.

By Peter Hoskin | 15 January 2015 | 47 comments

John Lindberg: Nuclear Britannia – How a break with complacency can save the day

With generation-two fusion reactors, we would potentially have enough fuel to last until the end of mankind.

By John Lindberg | 21 December 2014 | 28 comments

The world’s most important price war

It’s shale versus the Saudis in a fight for survival

By Peter Franklin | 16 December 2014 | 17 comments

Why I stand by the oil price prediction that I got completely wrong

Will oil prices rebound? I wouldn’t bet my house on it, but western governments shouldn’t take the current fall for granted.

By Peter Franklin | 1 December 2014 | 5 comments

Osborne poised to take up the ConHome manifesto proposal for a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Matthew Hancock briefs the Daily Mail as he prepares to unveil a new National College for Onshore Oil and Gas.

By Paul Goodman | 12 November 2014 | 90 comments

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