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- Bill Gates offers direction, not solutions Sat, 28 Aug 21, 11:29pmBill Gates has solved many problems in his (professional) life, and in recent decades, he’s been dedicated to the plight of the world’s poor and particularly their health...
- Making the poor cold, and miserable Wed, 24 Apr 19, 7:07pmI have an article up at Think Scotland, on the subject of induced energy poverty WE HAVE JUST learned something of the human cost of the government’s increasingly absurd energy policies...
- Gogoro to launch new electric Smartscooter share in Japan this year Thu, 28 Sep 17, 12:05pmElectric vehicles are the future — and Gogoro is paving the way. The company behind the innovative battery-swapping Smartscooter just announced plans to launch their new GoShare program in Japan this year. The news comes...
- Gogoro is bringing electric scooter share to Japan Thu, 28 Sep 17, 12:05pmElectric is the future—and Gogoro is paving the way. The innovative electric scooter and battery swapping company just announced plans for expansion in Japan, with their new GoShare Smartscooter sharing service set to launch...
- Gogoro to launch Smartscooter sharing service in Japan this year Thu, 28 Sep 17, 12:05pmElectric is the future—and Gogoro is paving the way. The innovative electric scooter and battery swapping company just announced plans for expansion in Japan, with their new GoShare Smartscooter sharing service set to launch...
- The energy case for Brexit Fri, 26 Feb 16, 9:27pmUKIP makes the case that the EU is wrecking the UK energy supply, making it expensive and unreliable. This a party political piece rather than something designed for the Brexit campaign per se.
- A scrap of good news Tue, 16 Feb 16, 7:59pmThere is some good news on the energy crisis front, albeit only a small scrap. This is the announcement by EDF that they are going to extent the life of Torness nuclear power station to 2030 - it was originally meant to close...
- Energy policy isn't working Mon, 8 Feb 16, 10:03pmWhen oil and gas prices were high, DECC used to publish an annual Energy Statement, which included an assessment of the impact of policy measures on prices.
- Another one to bite the dust Fri, 29 Jan 16, 7:16pmWell if you are supposed to live in interesting times then it looks as though the next few winters could border on completely fascinating. I say this because of the news last night that SSE are thinking of shutting down another...
- Windfall Tue, 15 Dec 15, 10:41pmThe Press and Journal has details of some truly phenomenal payments to wind farms in order to get them to switch off.
- The best laid plans of Westminster mice Wed, 16 Dec 15, 7:36pmDo you remember the grid emergency the other day, when the grid was said to have accepted an offer of £2500 per MWh to supply power to the grid, a slight markup on the normal price of £40? The...
- The world the greens created Fri, 11 Dec 15, 10:28pmWhile the energy and climate punters are concentrating on Paris, the results of the government's latest capacity auction are out. The market cleared at £18/kW which means that no new CCGT power stations will be built....
- Dieter Helm on "misguided" Huhne, Davey and Miliband Tue, 8 Dec 15, 2:05amDieter Helm recently gave a lecture on energy policy at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, discussing the sheer scale of the disaster wrought by Ed Miliband, Chris Huhne and Ed Davey...
- Security oversight Tue, 24 Nov 15, 8:43pmThe Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee is going to be considering security of supply this morning from 10am (they are doing the Green Deal at time of writing)...
- What's in a tax? Thu, 19 Nov 15, 8:17pmOne of the most interesting parts of Amber Rudd's speech yesterday was the suggestion that renewables operators must pay for all the extra costs they bring to the system...