Electricity Market Reform

Landmark report calls on government to carry out impact assessments before handing out any clean energy contracts outside of auction process, but what would the proposed reforms mean for UK renewables?

"It's fairly obvious investors look to politicians for a clear and stable policy framework... It's so obvious that one wonders why a select committee has to point this out to the Treasury"

Imagine if the government had flipped things round and confirmed its carbon targets for the late 2020s before then reforming the capacity market and clean energy subsidies

Consultation on reforms to controversial capacity market proposes early auction in January 2017, alongside plans to crackdown on diesel generation and beef up demand side response sector

New Energy UK report based on in-depth interviews with industry executives reveals a sector primed for low-carbon transformation

Biomass power generator says greater competition among sources of clean energy, including biomass, could save the UK up to £2.2bn

In the latest in our Green Business 2022 series, Professor Catherine Mitchell explores what the UK's energy system may look like in six years' time

EEF's Richard Warren looks at how George Osborne could this deliver some much needed stability to the clean energy sector this Spring

Renewables industry hits back at attack on subsidy-free CfD proposal, arguing that the only way to deliver a clean and stable energy system at the least cost is to allow all renewables technologies to compete

In the latest in our Green Business 2022, Labour's Lisa Nandy argues the roll out of clean tech will continue in the UK, but the government could make it a whole lot easier