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Commenting on an increase in emissions in 2010, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said

New research commissioned by Ofgem, as part of its Consumer First initiative, has provided yet more evidence that consumers want simpler and clearer energy information from suppliers

Ofgem has today launched the start of the price control review for Britain’s 255,000 miles of low voltage electricity network (RIIO-ED1), requiring the distribution companies to consider the most efficient way to meet the low carbon challenge. The new price controls will run from 2015 until at least 2023

 

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Large tracts of land at two sites owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) have been officially sanctioned as available for new development after the last remaining nuclear regulations were removed

 

New analysis from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), based on case studies from across Asia and the Pacific, calls for a set of 'energy plus” services – one that combines access to modern energy for heating, cooking and electricity, with measures that generate cash, supplement incomes and improve health and education

 

Patrick Dixon has been appointed as Expert Chair of the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage (OCCS), within the Department of Energy and Climate Change, for a two year period, following an open and fair recruitment process

 

The Government must start thinking strategically about energy security to protect the UK’s energy supply against short-term shocks and rising global energy prices, according to a report by MPs on the Energy and Climate Change Committee.

 

Newly-appointed Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey will hit the ground running today, joining Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in sending a clear signal that green growth and green jobs will remain at the heart of the Coalition’s strategy for economic recovery

 

The National Skills Academy for Power, a member of the Energy & Utility Skills group, is delighted to announce a collaboration with the Energy Institute (EI) which will see the pair pooling resources and ideas for the good of the power sector

 

The CBI responded to the decision by the Court of Appeal to uphold an earlier ruling that the Government's change in policy on Feed-In Tariff (FIT) payments was ‘legally flawed’

 

A formal complaint about subsidies for nuclear power has been sent to the European Commission. If it is upheld, it unlikely that any new nuclear power stations will be built in the UK or elsewhere in the EU

 

Lord Turner today announced that he is standing down as Chair of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) from spring 2012 in order to focus on his role as Chair of the Financial Services Authority (FSA).

 

The South African government, host of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban (COP17), has formally announced a comprehensive phase-out policy for inefficient lighting, linked to a global initiative from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) with the support of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to tackle climate change through the transition to energy efficient lighting

 
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