Tag: Renewables

  • Who fact-checks the fact checkers?

    Who fact-checks the fact checkers?

    Earlier this year Alison Hood was made redundant from Airvolution as a result of the UK Government’s policy shambles. Her communication skills and dedication to the cause are impressive, underlined by her winning the RenewableUK award for excellence at the Gala Dinner last week. Far from lamenting her position, Alison took the fight to the UK Government by…

  • We owe each other a renewable future

    We owe each other a renewable future

    The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has today announced its draft budget for 2015/16. The sum will be £3.31bn, of which £2.1bn comes from the public sector. That’s public money being used to subsidise electricity which has already been used. The cost for subsidising electricity via the Renewable Obligation, is around £2bn, with another 1/2 billion for…