February 3, 2016
‘FiT for the 21st Century?’ – Not by a Long Chalk!
Ten days ago, I highlighted the degree to which the UK is now so profoundly out of kilter with the post-Paris agenda. I really don’t suppose you need any further confirmation of…
January 25, 2016
Seeking all (young!) energy entrepreneurs!
Ever since I finished The World We Made (more than three years ago now), I’ve been obsessed with the sheer speed of change regarding solar and other renewable energy technologies.…
January 21, 2016
The post-Paris scene, part 3: Renewables industry: in festive mood
As you can imagine, there was still quite a lot of post-Paris pixie-dust being sprinkled around in Abu Dhabi. At the first World Future Energy Summit, nine years ago, conventional…
January 21, 2016
The post-Paris scene, part 4: Oil and gas: still hanging in
So where does all that upbeat, excitable buzz around renewables leave the oil and gas companies? Well, they’re still hanging in there, with exhibition stands as bullish and brazen…
January 21, 2016
The post-Paris scene, part 5: Same old dreams, same old lies
So much for the fossil fuel lobbies. What of our dearly beloved friends in the nuclear industry? The industry has had a constant presence at the World Future Energy Summit since…
January 20, 2016
The post-Paris scene, part 1: the Zayed Future Energy Prize
Back in Abu Dhabi for the ninth World Future Energy Summit, and the eighth Award Ceremony for the Zayed Future Energy Prize, which I’ve been involved in from the start as a member…
November 3, 2015
#KeepItClean !
Check out the new #KeepItClean campaign from Salt Magazine: http://www.wearesalt.org/vivienne-westwood-and-salt-launch-keepitclean-campaign-2/ - a series of open letters and…
October 19, 2015
Meltdown for Pro-Nuclear Environmentalists
I wonder what our pro-nuclear greenies will be thinking this week as they listen to President Xi Jinping and George Osborne bombastically declaring ‘a new nuclear dawn for the…
October 15, 2015
Hinkley C: ‘The Most Expensive White Elephant in British History’
The latest instalment in George Osborne’s personally-authored potboiler, the Hinkley Point F***** (think ‘Fiasco’!) will be published sometime around October 20th to mark the…
July 15, 2015
Is the Nuclear Industry the Least Innovative Industry in the World?
Today sees the publication of the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report. As a long-term and very engaged participant in the nuclear debate, I’ve absorbed each WNISR with…