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Challenges of Engineering Our Post-Brexit Future
28th September 2016 | Peter Rolton: Chairman, Rolton Group
Last month’s message from Theresa May as she reiterated that “Brexit means Brexit” couldn’t be much clearer. Her words signaled an end to the ‘rabbit in the headlights’ limbo period that surrounded the EU referendum and encouraged a move into a more proactive phase where we need to take control of our own destiny.
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.
Nuclear Physics... Almost
20th September 2013 | Peter Rolton
‘Every action has an equal and opposite reaction’, that’s basic physics. Apply it to the global energy situation and it’s easy to see that something’s got to give: consumption is not so much creeping up as it is hurtling skyward, and natural sources of energy are dwindling with remarkable speed.
UK Automotive Industry is Constructing a Comeback
23rd August 2013 | Peter Rolton
What do a Range Rover Sport, a double-decker bus, and a Jaguar F Type all have in common? The answer is surprisingly straightforward.
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.
UK Misses its Renewable Energy Target for 2011/12
1st August 2013 | Annie Reece
The UK has missed its 2011/12 target of producing four per cent of energy from renewable sources, and has seen a sharp rise in the use of coal for energy, statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have shown.
Is 'realism' the new name for the green agenda?
26th July 2013 | Peter Rolton
It’s nothing new; we all know that a debate needs at least two opposing sides and that the world would be a dull place if everyone always agreed.