Does government need a framework like the Better Regulation Principles to raise the quality of its policy decisions on low carbon? Environmental think-tank Sustainability First suggests it does, and has proposed 12 principles that could form the basis of a…
Perspective
Time for a fresh start on funding to develop wave and tidal energy
by New Power •
Dee Nunn argues that government funding for wave and tidal energy development has leveraged private sector investment and created employment. Now a new joined-up funding approach is needed. As an island nation, the UK has some of the best wave…
Longread
Are networks changing?
by New Power •
Alastair Martin of Flexitricity sees a change in distribution network operators (DNOs): “the Low Carbon Networks Fund stimulated something really quite remarkable in the change of thinking of DNOs, and they are now out there with a strong appetite to…
Perspective
We should act now to avoid a data gap in future
by New Power •
Mike Rolls says we should think about the data that will be needed to understand energy consumption in a highly distributed, and partly off-grid, system Energy efficiency and encouraging decentralised low-carbon energy sources for heat and electricity are rising…
Flash update
Infinis chief positive on UK’s climate agenda
by New Power •
From New Power’s February interview with Infinis chief executive Eric Machiels: As we approach the general election Eric Machiels seems pessimistic about politicians’ announcements in the short term, saying “They have never sat in front of a board asking…
Perspective
It’s time we made energy efficiency a national infrastructure priority
by New Power •
As Derek Likorish approaches the end of more than six years as chair of the government’s Fuel Poverty Advisory Group for England, he finds time for some reflection on the past and thoughts on the future I took up…
Perspective
Book review: Electricity Supply, The British Experiment, by David Porter
by New Power •
Are ‘good intentions’ on energy enough? David Porter’s inside history of the privatisation and marketisation of the UK energy industry is required reading for anyone who has been in the industry over the years or who has a stake in…
Perspective
Certify fossil power and let customers choose
by New Power •
Jessica Lennard, head of corporate affairs at Ovo Energy, argues that true fuel mix disclosure – and customer choice – requires a new certification scheme for fossil power Much time is spent debating the optimum fuel mix at the generation…
Perspective
Is there progress on energy infrastructure planning?
by New Power •
Clare Hennessy, UK Technical Director at Parsons Brinckerhoff, finds the infrastructure planning regime a mixed success but welcomes recent changes. If I had a pound for every energy client I have worked with who has complained about changes to planning…