David Blackman

Relief for local energy suppliers ‘risks distorting market’

Reforming the electricity generation licensing system to make it easier to set up grassroots suppliers could have “unintended consequences” and ultimately end up costing consumers more, energy minister Kwasi Kwarteng has warned.

UK exit from North Sea energy project risks ‘slowdown’

Efforts to integrate the UK’s energy network with its European neighbours have been hit by its post-Brexit exclusion from a North Sea co-operation project, a senior National Grid director has acknowledged.

EAC to explore barriers to heat pump uptake

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has announced a mini inquiry into the barriers to the increased uptake of heat pumps. Meanwhile, the National Insulation Association has warned the government it will miss its target of 600,000 energy efficiency upgrades unless it extends the deadline for the Green Homes Grant scheme.

Special administration scheme extended to energy sector

The government has rushed out new rules to provide an additional safety net for consumers of potentially bankrupt suppliers.

Current domestic heat policy failing net zero test

It is “extremely unlikely” that heat decarbonisation will be achieved unless a “significant” ramping up of government policy is forthcoming, according to a new briefing from the UK’s main hub for research into sustainable energy.

The public has spoken… but is anyone listening?

CfD auctions to double in size under Johnson’s ‘green industrial revolution’

Kwarteng warns against ‘turning our back on nuclear when we need it’

It would be “odd” for the UK to dismiss new nuclear power, the energy minister has admitted, amid mounting speculation that small modular reactors (SMRs) will be one of the technologies receiving support when the long-delayed energy white paper is published. 

Calls for UK to lead on AI solutions to net zero

Heat decarbonisation inquiry launched