At last, the Guardian stops making life so easy for George Monbiot. Caroline Lucas from the Green Party actually makes quite a good fist of making George look foolish in their debate in today’s Guardian, billed as renewables versus...
Lucas vs Monbiot
Saturday, March 26th, 2011Don’t get mad, get even.
Friday, March 25th, 2011Undercover of all the other momentous events in the news lately came the shocking revelation from Ofgem that, yes, we are indeed being exploited by our energy suppliers. Sorry for the sarcastic tone, but did anyone in the UK think any different? Alistair Buchanan, CEO of Ofgem was having to hype up their recent findings...
The Cost of Not Installing Renewable Energy
Monday, March 21st, 2011Today I had the misfortune of running low of diesel on the motorway on the way to see a customer. I left the garage in...
Feed-In Tariff Rates – higher rates for Homes!
Friday, March 18th, 2011So the government (DECC) has published its recommendations to try to curtail the supposed fashion for huge PV systems sweeping the country. Big problems for systems over 50kw – but for homes, actually larger rates! Read...
RHI Announcement: “Not with a bang but a whimper.”
Wednesday, March 16th, 2011The long-awaited and much-delayed RHI (“Renewable Heat Incentive”) announcement which many hoped would stimulate uptake in renewable heat production in the same way FITs have for renewable electricity was distinctly underwhelming, at least from a domestic perspective. However, perhaps this isn’t too much of a...
BP and the tipping point
Monday, June 7th, 2010As Johnny has already written – BP travails in the Gulf of Mexico are not good environementally or financially for many in the UK. But the longer term affects may be even greater – are we at a...
PV instead of BP?
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010Are you concerned about the impact BP’s troubles are having on not only the environment but also your pension? Me...
Huhne at Energy
Thursday, May 13th, 2010Could it be that we have a dream coalition is appearing? What would that be? Well there are plenty of views and room for opinion, but Huhne with Conservative pragmatism? Too good to be...
Tory or Labour?
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010Sure there are plenty of reasons to hope the Lib Dems go one way or the other – but this certainly is not a party political blog! For microgeneration what would be...
Costing The Earth
Monday, March 22nd, 2010Tom Heap this evening has considered the Feed In Tariff and whether it makes financial sense for homeowners to get...