What’s gone wrong for offshore wind in the UK?
There are various responses to disaster. Last week, the government announced the UK contracts for difference auction which would contract any offshore wind production, equivalent to a third of the…
Energy bills: Will they stay high forever?
Why are energy prices so high? That was a question that crossed the lips of many of us over the last year - often shortly after receiving an bill. The…
Are we moving towards the energy transition we need?
At moments of crisis, societies act. This is a truth so longstanding we can see it in the bible, prophetic warnings rarely move decadent societies, disaster does. Curtailment of Russian…
Green Party adopts APPG definition of Islamophobia
The Green Party has adopted the APPG Definition of Islamophobia, a definition developed by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Islamophobia and supported by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB).…
Why the Jewish diaspora is turning against Israel
Last Sunday saw protests against the Israeli government in cities across the world, something that is not unusual following Israel’s long occupation of Palestinian land. The difference was the prevalence…
Why oil giants are making record profits and what we can do about it
It tells you something about the questioner if when confronted with someone with an extraordinary amount of wealth they ask how they came into possession of it, or what they…
Why hydrogen won’t be a major solution to decarbonising domestic heating
Winter has come are dreaded words in the Song of Ice and Fire books and in the real world. In the former it is due to the risk of an…
Understanding the four different motions on the energy crisis coming to Green Party Conference
Before the Queen died so did our energy system. The Green Party of England and Wales leadership has run ahead of the UK government on this - announcing more far-reaching…
Oil companies securing record profits is bad news for absolutely everyone
Record profits are bad news. Last week BP followed Shell and their French equivalent Total in announcing record billions in profit. This has been driven by massive increases in oil…
What does the ‘Contracts for Difference’ scheme mean for the UK’s energy sector?
On Thursday 7 June, as Johnson's government was in its undignified death throes, one of it’s major success was being unveiled to the world. The results of an auction for…