spending

Only last month the French energy giant said the cost of building the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant could increase by up to £2.9bn

The International Energy Agency says global energy investment is falling short of what would be needed to meet continued robust growth in the world’s energy demand

The Office for National Statistics suggests this accounted for around 1.8% of total government expenditure over the year

uSwitch believes this could happen if suppliers increase their rates to match the level of the cap

It says this would allow it to maintain the option to deliver projects costing almost £5.4 billion

These projects are expected to produce 2.6 billion barrels of oil

UK foreign aid for fossil fuels was double the amount spent on overseas renewable energy between 2010 and 2014. That’s according to the Catholic Agency For Overseas Development (CAFOD), which says out of the money spent on improving energy systems in developing countries, 46% went into areas such as coal, gas and oil compared to […]

Ofgem has confirmed it will reduce National Grid’s spending allowance for running the electricity grid and gas main. It follows a mid-period review of the 2013-2021 energy transmission price controls and the regulator’s plans to cut spending by £185 million last year. The changes in allowances mean a £168.8 million reduction for the high pressure […]

Planning applications to build new green waste management sites have dropped by 20% since last year. That’s according to a new report from commercial law firm EMW, which shows the figure fell to 189 in 2015/16 from 237 in 2014/15, a five-year low. These figures include applications for materials recycling sites, composting and anaerobic digestion centres and incineration […]

The US Department of Energy would be banned from spending money on climate change research and prevention under a rule change passed by lawmakers in the House of Representatives. It came in an amendment to the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act 2015, which was passed a week ago (10 July) and […]