Will Labour’s Great British Energy company lower household bills?
Not without a bolder commitment to public ownership.
Primary Results
Scalextric is fun, but it doesn’t make sense for the M1
It sounds like something from the pages of books from the 1960s looking to the future: electric cars powered by current drawn from electrified rails beneath the road. However possible such ideas seemed…
British power stations are burning wood from US forests – to meet renewables targets
It’s not the ideal renewable energy but biomass is a better bet than coal.
Lithium is finite – but clean technology relies on such non‑renewable resources
Until we cut consumption, we will only shift problems from one natural resource to another.
Renewable energy supply and demand during lockdown – and the best time to bake bread
Consumers can play their part in reducing carbon emissions by choosing to shift their energy use to when renewable generation is at its daily peak.
Why Germany is dumping nuclear power – and Britain isn’t
What happens to energy policy when democracy takes a back seat – and no one mentions the war.
Shale gas is a necessary part of the renewables recipe
Energy Minister Michael Fallon’s recent comments about the impact of fracking on communities in the leafy Home Counties (“We are going to see how thick their rectory walls are, whether they like the flaring…
Green ammonia could slash emissions from farming – and power ships of the future
Making ammonia produces almost 2% of global carbon dioxide emissions.
Underground water heat will aid bid to hit renewable targets
Solar and wind power rightly receive a lot of attention as we struggle to ramp up renewable electricity and move away from fossil fuels. But in a damp, blustery island such as ours, generating heat is…
The UK plans to build huge batteries to store renewable energy – but there’s a much cheaper solution
Grid-scale batteries could be at least double the cost of those in electric vehicles.