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The UK Must End Conflict Over Financing The Low Carbon Revolution
The Uk Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has just released figures showing that renewable sources generated just 6.8% of UK electricity in 2010, an increase of only 0.3% on the previous year. [read more]
UK new nuclear build will not get government subsidies
Taxpayers off the hook for cost of new plants (NucNet) The British government will not use taxpayers’ money to subsidize the construction of new nuclear power plants, Philip Hunt, (right) minister of state at the Department of Energy and Climate Change said Jan 21. In an online question and answer session with ‘The Guardian’... [read more]
Over 100 years of CCS held under the North Sea
According to UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) the North Sea has potential to store over 100 years worth of UK power station CO2 emissions. In the build up to the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) in London on 13th October, DECC has launched a UK wide consultation to explore the idea to develop and... [read more]
Government Appoints New Scientific Advisor
The UK government has appointed David MacKay Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change. David MacKay is a Professor in the Department of Physics at Cambridge University and recently published a book ‘Sustainable Energy - without the hot air’. Secretary of State Ed Miliband said: “David MacKay is known for... [read more]
How will UK Nuclear Energy be Funded?
UK Government ministers are telling the public that nuclear energy is essential to meet our low carbon electricity requirements over the coming years. When ministers announced that nuclear energy was to be part of the UK’s energy future several years ago they also said that the taxpayer will not subsidise new reactors. The tabloids a... [read more]
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