Electricity Market Reform

Green groups welcome plan from Energy and Climate Change Secretary to close coal power plants that fail to install carbon capture technology within a decade

Reports detail Energy Secretary's plan to prioritise keeping the lights on, fueling fears decarbonisation efforts could be jeopardised

Nina Skorupska of the REA fears the government is edging towards a scenario where new gas plants are subsidised and key renewable energy technologies are frozen out of the market

Grant Thornton's Mike Read assesses how the government's new contract for difference clean energy subsidy regime could have implications for renewable energy investors

Policy Exchange's Richard Howard explores the different ways to establish whether clean energy is 'subsidy free'

Nathan Goode fears the UK government looks increasingly intent on emulating Australia's flawed approach to climate and energy policy

Drax Group's Dorothy Thompson argues sustainable biomass power could help deliver the cost effective decarbonisation ministers say they are looking for

Labour's Alan Whitehead warns that this autumn could prove to be crunch time for the UK's decarbonisation efforts

Energy analyst says that for same price as Hinkley Point C, providing 3,200MW of capacity, almost 50,000MW of gas-fired power capacity could be built

Jon Ferris of Utilitywise reflects on a challenging week for the renewables sector