Consumers around the world want their electricity to come from renewable sources, writes Paul Brown. Yet governments from the UK to Australia are defying the popular will as they push for fossil fuels and nuclear power. The good news? Renewable energy is surging ahead regardless.
… back fossil fuels and nuclear, popular renewables boom Paul Brown | 6th September 2014 News Energy Renewables UK Australia India Germany Solar … in the countryside. Other high scores for renewables were offshore wind (72% in favour), …
The nuclear industry remains remarkably optimistic about its future, wrties Paul Brown - despite evidence that it is a shrinking source of power as renewables, in particular solar and wind power, compete with increasing success to fill the energy gap.
… | 2nd August 2014 News Nuclear Power Energy Renewables UK … that it is a shrinking source of power as renewables, in particular solar and wind … dangerous climate change. Nuclear energy and renewables such as wind and solar are in …
Floating wind turbines offer huge falls in the cost of offshore wind power, writes Paul Brown, and could be generating power in UK waters at well under the cost of new nuclear by 2020, provided adequate support.
… Paul Brown | 11th November 2015 News Energy Renewables Wind UK Scotland Oceans Technology … so that offshore wind can compete with other renewables. The latest group to claim a … is currently lukewarm in its support for renewables because it has increased subsidies …
Following the vote to leave the EU, the UK's energy and climate change policy faces major challenges, writes Paul Brown, with new nuclear power and a third London runway at Heathrow runway looking like the first casualties.
… and will not be bound by the EU targets on renewables, energy efficiency and emissions … levels by 2020; 20% of energy to come from renewables by the same date; and a 20% … potential for offshore wind power and other renewables. These longer-term problems for the …
A legacy of lies and covered-up accidents has left nuclear energy with a serious credibility gap, writes Paul Brown. But poor safety is only the beginning of the industry's problems. With 'new improved' reactor designs all running late and way over budget, any nuclear revival can only be sustained at massive, unaffordable taxpayer cost.
… lost all integrity and credibility and that renewables are a cheaper, safer and all-round … of the industry to deal with its waste. Renewables can easily be recycled, but nuclear …
Doubts are growing doubts that the Hinkley C nuclear power station, the EU's biggest construction project, will get the final go-ahead from the UK government, writes Paul Brown. And that's leaving the European nuclear industry, already in serious financial difficulties, facing a struggle for survival.
… time soon. And a new government might think renewables are a better bet. Paul Brown , …
The recent closure of five US power stations is forcing the industry to confront big questions about radioactive waste, writes Paul Brown. Who is to pay the mounting costs of managing the wastes and keeping them secure? And precisely where will be their final resting place?
… of natural gas and increased subsidies for renewables. Who is to pay the mounting costs? … closing its industry permanently in favour of renewables, and France, with more than 50 …
A serious flaw in the steel reactor vessel of a nuclear plant under construction in France raises safety fears for the EPR design, write Paul Brown & Oliver Tickell - and casts a dark shadow over the UK's troubled Hinkley C nuclear project.
… government, which wants to invest heavily in renewables. France's nuclear industry facing …
Nuclear giant EDF can't afford to write off the £2 billion sunk into the Hinkley C nuclear plant, write Paul Brown & Oliver Tickell. So its cunning plan is to turn it into a 'nuclear zombie' - officially a live project, but actually stone cold dead - until EDF can find a way out of the hole it has dug itself into.
Nuclear zombie? Hinkley C build won't start until 2019 - if at all! Paul Brown Oliver Tickell | 20th February 2016 News Nuclear Energy Finance Politics UK France zombie-plague-cut.jpg Nuclear giant …