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Low Carbon Energy Needs Clear Signals and Stability from Government

“The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy ” (President Barack Obama State of the Union address, January 27, 2010). We have all heard this or similar, time and time again.

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Offshore Wind Power: Clean Energy Boosting Jobs and Supply Chains

My constituency of Ynys Môn is at the vanguard of Britain’s future energy creation. As the country’s energy needs continue to grow, the island of Anglesey is in a unique position to offer the rest of the UK a real,

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Invest in Thorium Now to Secure Future UK Energy Security

Nuclear power is the only source of base load electricity capable of meeting global energy demands whilst also mitigating against the risks of climate change. Unfortunately public perception of nuclear power is often coloured by issues of safety, radiotoxic waste,

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Surf Solar Energy Wave for Manufacturing Jobs Growth

Solar energy just won’t go away and remains an irritant for those who want big headline energy generation projects that will give us a secure supply of electricity, solve the climate change problem and reduce the cost of electricity all

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UK Shale Gas, Towards Securing Our Energy Future

by Peter Hardy; 28 November 2012 The phenomenon of shale gas is both topical and controversial. Its proponents claim that it is a clean, environmentally friendly and abundant source of cheap natural gas; its opponents believe the opposite. In various

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Severn Barrage, Secure, Predictable Electricity Generation

by Peter Hain; 15 November 2012 As by far the most exciting green investment project, the Severn Barrage would have a bigger and more positive impact on the British economy than anything else for the foreseeable future. It is the

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Electricity Market Reform, The Ongoing Challenge

There are three key Energy policy objectives in the UK: Keeping the lights on; Meeting our Climate Change objectives; Tackling fuel poverty. What makes these objectives so demanding is doing all three at the same time. For example, we could

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Rebuilding Britain: Towards a Low Carbon Future

“At that time, the West Cumberland Coalfield produced over 2 million tons of coal a year from forty-three collieries: almost nine thousand men worked in the pits. Tell anyone that the pits would be closed by the second half of

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Desert Solar Energy Could Power Europe Forward

Have you ever heard of the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative? If not, you are not alone. This private sector industrial consortium, assembled to generate a considerable portion of EU, Middle Eastern and North African (EUMENA) energy requirements, could become one of

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