energy security
Energy
The UK and EU are in the process of drawing up plans setting out how they will reduce their reliance on Russian oil and gas. But could they cut off supplies altogether, amid growing pressure from campaigners and the Kremlin's foreboding threats to launch...
08 March 2022
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9 min read
Risk
The scale of the changes required to end European reliance on Russian fossil fuels are unprecedented and far bigger than many realise - what is needed is an economic war effort
03 March 2022
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9 min read
Politics
British Prime Minister tells Munich Security Conference Europe must make 'full use of alternative suppliers and technology' so as to make threat of disruption to Russian gas supplies redundant
21 February 2022
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4 min read
Infrastructure
ECIU's Dr Jonathan Marshall reflects on whether the right lessons have been learned from last year's high profile - and remarkably rare - grid blackout
07 August 2020
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7 min read
Energy
Alignment with Paris Agreement remains long way off but investment in energy efficiency, offshore wind, and battery storage could yet place countries on a sustainable course, IEA declares in World Energy Outlook 2019
13 November 2019
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9 min read
Energy
Even the briefest power interruption can have a costly impact on businesses - Alan Barlow, Director of UK and Ireland for Centrica Business Solutions, discusses what lessons can be learnt from the UK's recent major power cut
16 August 2019
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4 min read
Infrastructure
Andrea Leadsom announces Energy Emergencies Executives Committee is to review last week's power cut, as National Grid boss defends company's response
14 August 2019
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3 min read
Infrastructure
Party fleshes out plans to take control of electricity and heat networks from 'profiteering' private firms
15 May 2019
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3 min read
Politics
Business Secretary heralds new era where 'cheap power is green power', as speech sets out government's new energy policy vision
15 November 2018
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5 min read
Legislation
President Trump instructs Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take "immediate steps" to support coal and nuclear power plants
04 June 2018
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1 min read
