The opportunity cost of net zero
Great Britain has one chance to decarbonise the economy – let’s take it.
ByDiscover the latest news, comment and analysis on energy and the energy crisis.
Great Britain has one chance to decarbonise the economy – let’s take it.
BySSE wants to double the nation’s flexible electricity storage capacity.
Treasury orthodoxy threatens the transformative agenda the UK needs.
ByLabour are signalling they can be ambitious on climate but cautious on the economy. Young climate-conscious voters may need more.
ByBuildings can be retrofitted with technology to adapt them for the climate future.
To survive in a modern, digital world, the German economy requires not a green transition but a full-scale revolution.
ByWe are not going to become the coal miners of net zero, says Cliff Bowen.
ByThe spectacular blooming, then rapid wilting, of Germany’s Greens is a warning for progressives everywhere.
ByThe Syrup Room used smart meter technology to control their rising energy bills.
The founder of British energy company Ecotricity says that disputing oil’s impact on inflation distracts from its true cost.
ByThe chief executive of National Energy Action on the cost-of-living crisis and the UK’s failing benefits system.
ByGreat-power rivalry, resource scarcity and the crumbling of the liberal rules-based order.
ByIt’s disgusting that the government is allowing companies to continue this unscrupulous practice.
ByEnergy companies have announced bumper profits for 2022 – but the businesses are proving to be both a gold mine…
ByThe UK’s lack of gas storage leaves it vulnerable to price fluctuations, but it might be too late to intervene…
ByGrant Shapps’s new Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will need clout and cross-government reach to turn around the…
ByThe source of the current energy crisis goes back decades. How did the UK become so hopelessly hooked on foreign…
ByUK policymakers and experts reveal the legislation and policy initiatives they have their eye on as parliament returns.
ByBurned waste is marketed as “renewable” energy, but it produces more carbon emissions than natural gas and is no substitute…
ByWhy a fusion power “breakthrough” is a true first, but won’t prevent climate breakdown.
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