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22nd Oct 2012
Richard George
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We don't need new reactors to keep the lights on, but any nuclear-free strategy must address these four policies.

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17th Oct 2012
Damian Kahya
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The coalition quad is meeting today to hammer out a deal on energy and climate policy. Here are 7 ways to assess the outcome:

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16th Oct 2012
Perlin Zorlu
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A new study shows that relying on a carbon price - rather than renewable subsidies - to clean our power supply could prove far more costly for bill payers. 

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16th Oct 2012
Tom Burke

Tom Burke argues that the Treasury's little known Levy Control Framework and the rising cost of nuclear risks squeezing renewables out of the UK's energy mix. 

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9th Oct 2012
Juliet Davenport
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Good Energy's Juliet Davenport makes the case for a more radical reform of our energy market and support small scale generation.

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8th Oct 2012
Rachel Salvidge
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 As part of our series on who's who government decision making on energy we look at Greg Barker. From oil and finance to huskies and carbon capture, it’s been a circuitous journey for the energy minister.

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5th Oct 2012
Fran Boait
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The debate on the UK's energy future is often framed as one between Nuclear, Wind and Gas - but other options exist. Here we examine Tidal power and ask why the UK has so far failed to develop a technology which was initially much hyped.

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3rd Oct 2012
Anthony Frogatt
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As the FT reports that proposed Chinese investment in UK nuclear has failed to materialise, Chatham House expert, Anthony Frogatt examines the prospects for UK nuclear build. 

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30th Sep 2012
Ben Goldsmith
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Biofuels have shown our habit of dealing with one resource problem - by creating another. The challenge for the coming decades is to understand the link between the resource problems we face. Energy - and energy prices - are at their heart.

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29th Sep 2012
Damian Kahya
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This autumn, under the soporific title of Electricity Market Reform (EMR) the government is set to totally change the way the UK generates and pays for its electricity - maybe.