Electricity Market Reform

Developers say database storing performance and operational data from wind farms will help improve safety and reliability

Government says green generation support schemes will increase bill by just a third of the £30/MWh npower claims

Wave and tidal sectors predict government plans to ring fence support under electricity market reforms will be insufficient to kick start the market

Energy Secretary says £750m coal to biomass conversion could still gain support, but owner claims plant could shut in 2015

UK renewables set to compete for support under plan to drive £110bn of investment and create 200,000 green jobs

Policy Exchange report argues that emulating Brazil and introducing clean energy auctions could help slash the cost of decarbonisation

Government confirms offshore wind, hydro and geothermal will see support boosted from 2015, but solar and onshore wind will be cut

Opposition to publish new Energy Green Paper, including commitment to introduce decarbonisation target and give Green Investment Bank borrowing powers

Guy Newey of Policy Exchange warns that the green movement can not allow climate change rows to draw attention from wider, and related, environmental concerns

Simon Graham explores the energy "quadrillema" and concludes energy efficiency should provide the answer