Category Archives: DECC
The Energy Challenge
The International Energy Agency released its 2012 World Energy Outlook yesterday; it presents analytical insights into today’s energy market, environmental issues and economic development with projections for 2035. It reveals the current transformation taking place within the oil and gas … Continue reading
Investing in Peatlands – Demonstrating Success
This week ecologists from across the UK, Europe and from as far away as Tibet descended upon Bangor University to consider the major challenges and opportunities facing the restoration and conservation of the globe’s peatlands. The meeting was organised jointly … Continue reading
Parliamentarians to Consider the Science behind Bioenergy
An event in Westminster on Tuesday 10th July will allow parliamentarians, and other interested individuals, to consider the science behind bioenergy. Organised by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST), and sponsored by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), … Continue reading
Government to tick all the boxes with the new bioenergy strategy
The UK Government’s new Bioenergy Strategy released last week aims to accelerate the use of renewable energy generated sustainably from biomass. Bioenergy is stated in the strategy as ‘one of the most versatile forms of low carbon and renewable energy’ … Continue reading
UK Government Announces £1bn to Support Carbon Capture and Storage
A new £1 billion competition has been announced by the UK Government to support the development of industrial scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology. So far CCS has been developed on small scales but no commercial scale test of … Continue reading
The most complex negotiations the world has ever tackled…
The UK is engaged in ‘the most complex negoitations the world has ever tackled’, as it works with other nations to forge an agreement around how to address dangerous climate change. So said a senior policy adviser from the Department … Continue reading
New energy and environment ministers announced
David Cameron has now announced his new Cabinet, including the key environmental portfolios within the coalition government. Policies in this sector have caused significant disagreements between the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives in the past, most notably on nuclear energy which … Continue reading
Coal & the Question of Carbon Capture & Storage
A member of the Policy Team yesterday attended a meeting of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee to discuss the vexed question of coal-fired energy generation and ‘Carbon Capture & Storage’ (CCS). The Conservative Shadow Energy Minister, Charles Hendry, gave a … Continue reading
UK Climate Change Policies, or How Are We Going to Achieve an 80% Cut in Emissions?
A member of the Policy Team today attended a very interesting set of talks by David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), and Jonathan Brearley, Director of the Office of Climate Change. Dr. Kennedy spoke first, … Continue reading