analysis, Tag

Energy used to be one of the UK's success stories, but now we're struggling to find a secure, affordable and green supplyIt is strange to remember now that only a few years ago energy was scarcely mentioned in UK politics,...

The decision over North Sea oil and gas and their viability in an independent Scotland has to focus on future tax revenuesIn a referendum that pivots on whether people feel better or worse off in an independent Scotland,...

Oil giant's chief executive manages to eclipse news of BP's improving financial situationBob Dudley threw caution to the wind on Tuesday managing to eclipse BP's positive annual financial results by making some forthright...

Company has chance to prove wider industry has shunned past secrecy and misinformation for greater safety and transparencyThe radiation alert at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria is a powerful reminder of the physical...

But management grumbles about higher production costs hardly give confidence that BG's run of bad news is about to endIt was only about a year ago that BG Group abandoned its target of producing 1m barrels of oil equivalent...

Renewable companies call reliance on market forces short-sighted, saying targets have assisted growth of wind and solarThe UK will not have a renewable energy target beyond 2020, the government has said, though the EU-wide...

Consumers who sweat it out during a heatwave pay just the same for ‘poles and wires’ as those who turn up the air conditioning

Shale gas remains a costly, polluting option to source energy for the UK with doubtful long-term benefits – and it won't cut billsThe message from Downing Street could not be clearer: David Cameron announced on Sunday the...

Unseasonal hand grenade lobbed by Labour party should remind firms they will remain a focus of Westminster attention for some time yetThe big six energy companies no doubt hoped a new year might bring some relief from the...

Looking back on the stories which made the business headlines in 2013It is Alice in Wongaland – the UK economy is coasting on easy money, its growth propelled by shopping sprees and property prices, the economist Ann Pettifor...

Trade body says cut shows costs are coming down, but others fear community-owned windfarms will be hitReduced subsidies for onshore windfarms and solar power announced on Wednesday are "good news", according to a leading...

Iran has struck a deal with six world powers over its nuclear programme, but what exactly has been agreed and how effective will it be in preventing Tehran from developing atomic weapons?What nuclear technology does Iran...

Ed King: World Coal meeting is set to discuss the fuel's future, but science and policymakers may have sealed the polluting fuel’s fate already, says Ed King for RTCC

Yale Environment 360: Touted as a low carbon source of energy, China's hydropower projects are wreaking havoc on river systems across the country and southeast Asia

The chancellor believes the state should not be involved, but the reality is that most nuclear players are state-backedGeorge Osborne used a trip to China last week to berate Britain for losing its entrepreneurial confidence...