Sunnier outlook for solar

1 May 2026 After a heavily-subsidised boom in the early 2010s, the UK solar market spent a prolonged period in the doldrums before reduced production costs and spiralling energy prices…
Carol Hitchcock
1st May 2026

Ducking the big decisions

1 April 2026 According to recent analysis by Carbon Brief, over 60 countries have taken emergency measures in response to the current global energy crisis triggered by the US and…
Carol Hitchcock
1st April 2026

An end to energy uncertainty?

One of the regular complaints of businesses and potential investors over recent years has been a lack of consistency and clear direction from policy makers, as ministers appeared to signal…
Carol Hitchcock
1st July 2024

Bright future or bleak winter?

By now, it’s very likely that most of use know someone who has a heat pump, if we don’t already have one ourselves. I know two families who have them…
Mark Thrower
19th January 2023

Blind to the obvious

It seems incredible that at a time when energy prices have hit consumers hard in their pockets so little is being done to boost energy efficiency. Indeed, the situation might…
Mark Thrower
30th June 2022

Selling net zero to us all

"At the beginning of the year what was claimed to be the biggest ever opinion poll on climate change took place. The UN Development Programme questioned 1.2m people across 50…
Mark Thrower
27th July 2021

Skills for the future

Construction is booming. This will come as no surprise to anybody involved in the industry and will be no comfort to those sectors still struggling to not just emerge from…
Mark Thrower
28th May 2021

Learning the three Es

Whether we like it or not the era of the electric car is fast approaching. More and more vehicle manufacturers are making the pledge to produce nothing but EVs within…
Mark Thrower
17th March 2021

New norm, new role

“I’m getting used to working from home. I quite like it.” How many times have you heard that from friends and colleagues over the last few weeks? There really does…
Red Box
29th May 2020

A chance for change

During the last couple of weeks of lockdown I have ventured out in the early evening for my state-approved exercise. The main roads have been eerily quiet and fellow walkers…
Red Box
29th April 2020

No time for predictions

Predicting the future is always a dangerous game. As the American commentator and journalist, George Will, said: “The future has a way of arriving unannounced.” Economists rarely get predictions of…
Red Box
29th March 2020

Someone else’s problem

The news that supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has decided the UK is not going fast enough when it comes to emissions reductions is a very bold statement of intent. Its pledge…
Red Box
29th February 2020

Ignore at your peril

The first few days of 2020 have brought home the full realities of climate change. The images of the fires in Australia and the devastation on ordinary people’s lives, their…
Red Box
29th January 2020

Local Heros

This has been the year of raising awareness. From a sea change of attitude towards plastics to the quiet determination of Greta Thunberg right through to the more noisy protests…
Red Box
29th November 2019

Just how smart are we?

Sitting on shelf or two I’ve a large collection of vinyl LPs. They occasionally come out from time to time for a nostalgic spin. I’d like to think I’ve also…
Red Box
29th September 2019