David Blackman

SMRs could generate power at £40/MWh under RAB model

Plans to shift policy costs off electricity bills ‘too slow’

Net zero at ‘very real’ risk without heating decision in next five years

Bill impact of Green Gas Support Scheme to peak at £4.70 per year

Draft planning framework strengthens support for renewables in Scotland

Energy market requires ‘fundamental redesign’

Rolls-Royce awarded £210m to develop small modular reactors

Government still lacks a strategy for buildings

Abstraction concerns halt local planning process

A water-stressed West Sussex council has halted its local planning process because of concerns that abstraction in the local area could be causing damage to rare nature habitats. Horsham District Council had already announced it could not grant planning consents for individual developments unless they are water neutral and therefore do not increase overall demand for water across the area.

Concerns raised over bill-payers’ exposure to nuclear cost overruns