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Zero Carbon Housing Kicked to the Curb
17th July 2015 | Chris Evans: Deputy Managing Director, Rolton Group
Last week, the Government released a paper entitled ‘Fixing the Foundations: Creating a More Prosperous Nation’ in which the zero carbon buildings policy, first announced by Labour in 2006, was unceremoniously scrapped.
Are We Missing the (Hinkley) Point?
22nd October 2013 | Peter Rolton
It’s been a tense time in the energy sector recently, with the furore over rising energy bills and accusations of profiteering taking over national headlines. Each successive announcement of price hikes has further soured consumer feeling, and eyes have turned to the government in search of some decisive response.
Setting up camp in the policy battlefield
18th October 2013 | Kate Roche
At this time of year, attention frequently turns to fuel prices; year on year they climb higher, adding to a cost of living that thousands already struggle to contend with. There are many reasons for the continual increases, each of which makes its way into the media to fall on one side of the fence or the other.
How long can we remain blind to blackouts?
11th October 2013 | Peter Rolton
Well, the inevitable has happened: ‘Blackout Britain’ has made its way back into the news as the National Grid announces that this winter brings with it the highest risk of power cuts in six years. Not that it’s anything to be smug about, but this news isn’t really new…
The Opportunities of New District Heating
4th October 2013 | Peter Rolton
When the Department for Energy and Climate Change announced the launch of a £6 million funding programme for the development of district heating and cooling networks across the UK, I was relieved. Energy policy in the UK often plays to the tune of ‘one step forward, two steps backwards’, so to have some clear and undoubtedly positive direction from the government is welcome in my eyes.
Ed Miliband: Playing with fire by freezing prices
27th September 2013 | Peter Rolton
Last weekend, Greg Barker MP was in the news speaking out in defence of recent profits recorded by energy companies in the UK.
Generate your own Energy
9th August 2013 | Marc Sobbohi
Cutting your energy costs in half. Having your own power station. Buying energy at wholesale prices. Coming off the grid. All of this sounds fanciful, but that’s the future of manufacturing, according to energy expert Peter Rolton.