Policy

Projects including tidal and wave will now be eligible for the non-solar Renewable Purchase Obligation scheme

The MP for Kingston and Surbiton served as Energy and Climate Change Secretary between 2012 and 2015

The Science and Technology Committee has slammed the government for ‘unacceptable’ cutbacks and slow progress and set out 10 steps it should take to ensure the goal is met

However, some very low energy usage customers may see an increase on their bills

Claire Perry MP has warned ’emissions warming our atmosphere have no territorial allegiance’ and stressed international cooperation is more important than ever before

His responsibilities now include leading climate science and innovation, as well as advances in smart metering and clean heat

China General Nuclear Power partnered with EDF to help fund a third of the £20bn cost of the nuclear power plant being built in Somerset

It has launched judicial review proceedings against what it says is the government’s discrimination of onshore wind in favour of offshore wind in its CfD auctions

The supplier failed to meet its Renewables Obligation, under which firms that do not source the required proportion of electricity from green sources must pay into a fund

The process is expected to be delayed following the legal challenge from an unnamed complainant