Paying too much for energy
From April, the average household will be paying around £2,000 a year for their energy. By October it may be closer to £3,000. Many will struggle to pay. This price does not reflect the true energy co...
30 Mars 202212min
Sustainable farming and net zero – a long way to go
What would sustainable agriculture look like? It would be zero carbon consumption or better, deliver food sustainably whilst preserving and enhancing natural capital (including the soils and the peat)...
23 Feb 202212min
Don't bank on energy prices falling any time soon
The reasons why energy prices have shot up are well known: the Russians and extra demand in the Far East when it comes to gas, exacerbated in the UK by the lack of storage, the scale of the intermitte...
14 Feb 202211min
The first net zero energy crisis
Energy price crises are usually triggered by external events. But the UK has been hit particularly hard by the global gas price increases, and for mainly home-grown reasons. This is the first net zero...
6 Jan 202212min
Are the wheels falling off the electricity model?
30 years after privatisation, the electricity model looks to be in deep trouble. In addition to the collapse of 25 suppliers, and the knock-on increases in bills that customers will have to pay for wh...
9 Dec 202113min
COP26 – progress or just more blah, blah, blah?
Is COP26 the “real deal”, marking the point when we “turned the corner” on climate change, or is it what Greta Thunberg calls “blah, blah, blah”? To succeed, COP26 would need to slow down and stop the...
26 Okt 202113min
The gas and the electricity price crisis - fundamental causes and big consequences
The gas crisis is very predictable and has caught the government and the regulators asleep at the wheel. Virtually no storage, suppliers without proper contractual cover, and a flawed model of competi...
2 Okt 202114min
Do electricity prices really need to go up?
Why are electricity prices going up? Why is the price cap being reported raised by Ofgem? Do prices really have to go up, or should they be coming down? The answer given by Ofgem and the industry is...
6 Sep 20219min
