‘’I met farmers unable to produce a harvest because the growing seasons had become so unreliable, and heads of state in African countries unable to plan their infrastructure development because of the impacts of floods and storms.” The push to develop more efficient and effective renewable energy sources is all about equality across the nations…

Trying to convince the world otherwise doesn’t come cheap. A recent report by OilPro into figures released by the Russian Ministry of Defence shows in recent weeks its aircraft have flown more than 1,000 missions in Syria, at a cost $12,000/HR to fly strike aircraft and the long-range cruise missiles it fired at the rebels…

That’s the warning about existing government plans to deliver a low-carbon future, which David Cameron received from the panel of energy experts he asked to report to the Council for Science and Technology. In a perhaps unforeseen outcome, the Royal Academy of Engineering said the government’s apparent energy policy ‘reset’ is deeply unhelpful – and…

That’s what’s happened following a recent meeting between the US and Saudi Arabia ahead of the climate change talks in Paris at the end of this month. Secretary of State John Kerry told the media both sides “pledged to work together” but King Salman’s officials made no such mention of a pledge.   Commentators question…

If they were human, submarine communication cables would be well within their rights to feel utterly taken for granted and ignored. When they do their job best, no-one notices. It’s only when that dreaded wheel appears on our screens and you check wifi connections that you even pause to think about how it all works.…

With weeks rather than months left of 2015, how much of a challenge to the British Government was the speech given by the UK foreign secretary’s special representative for climate change at this year’s RenewableUK conference? Sir David King said “2015 will be a seminal year for the planet” as the UK reduces its dependence…

This week as OPEC staff were holding an unusual meeting with five non-member states, calls were once again made by Oil Minister Eulogio del Pino for a change of direction – back to the 1980s policy of fixing oil prices, with a proposed $88 pb as a potential target. “We are concerned about the depletion…

Last week 22 people lost their jobs when a solar firm with offices in London and South Wales went under. It is not the first and it won’t be the last, and the blame is being laid firmly at the feet of the British Government. The demise of Southern Solar won’t make front page news,…

Almost one year to the day that OPEC chose to face off the US shale revolution by maintaining production levels, it seems they’ve all but done that. The reason? It’s easy. He who produces cheapest lasts longest, and with crude oil fetching less than half of what it did a year ago, that was never…

For the first-time wind power is now the cheapest electricity to produce both in the UK and in Germany, even without government subsidies. Some say this latest information (from Bloomberg New Energy Finance) is a landmark moment for the UK government but it means it now faces a considerable challenge. In recent months it has been accused…