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As an energy specialist, it seems to me that one of the most important points about meeting the energy challenge head-on is that we can't change those things that we don't acknowledge.

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Leading the charge towards an electric vehicle future

 
22nd November 2018    |     Chris Evans: Deputy Managing Director

After recently authoring an article for New Power, Deputy Managing Director, Chris Evans, summarises his thoughts from the piece exploring the evolving electric vehicle (EV) landscape and the challenges and opportunities that lie on the road ahead.

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UK Grid Infrastructure: Not a Leg to Stand On

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10th January 2014    |     Peter Rolton

A staggering 750,000 UK households were hit by power cuts over the festive season, and as nice as a candlelit Christmas may sound, in practice it is at best an inconvenience and at worst a complete nightmare.

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UK Nuclear: Forefront to Backfoot

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20th December 2013    |     Peter Rolton

Jim Ratcliffe is a very wealthy man. This fact was evinced by his swift closure of the Grangemouth plant following strike action from UNITE back in October; the union rallied against planned changes to salaries and pensions, and by shutting the site down rather than enter into any sort of bargain he made it perfectly clear that financial security does not rank on his list of concerns.

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Stoking the Fuel Poverty Fire

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13th December 2013    |     Peter Rolton

It’s been on the back burner for over a year now, but in the last week the heat has been turned up on proposals to redefine fuel poverty.

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Power to the People

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29th November 2013    |     Peter Rolton

Between the end of WWII and the 1980s, the UK’s energy ran through a nationalised infrastructure, sharing a state-owned commonality with the majority of other British services and utilities.

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Taking another look at ECO

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15th November 2013    |     Peter Rolton

The spotlight has been beaming down on green levies over the past few weeks; critics want them removed from consumer energy bills immediately to cut costs, whilst advocates argue that they are vital in the creation of a low carbon energy market.

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Bemused observations on energy policy debate

Agility Eco

 
11th November 2013    |     GearĂ³id Lane

This week I am pleased to introduce a guest article written by Gearóid Lane, whose expertise on the subject of energy I can personally attest to. Formerly a member of the British Gas Executive Committee and member of the government’s Renewables Advisory Board, he is now Chief Executive Officer of AgilityEco, a company that harnesses the knowledge of its founders in the provision of services surrounding energy efficiency and facilitates eco projects that tackle systemic issues such as fuel poverty - Peter Rolton

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