On threshold of greatness despite financial crash

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DEVELOPMENT Wind and marine energy continues to set new milestones, but investors and business leaders want clear support from government, writes Mike Scott The UK’s wind and marine energy industries stand on the threshold of great things. We lead the... Read more

Industry focuses on forthcoming government policy proposals

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REGULATION The energy industry awaits details of reform measures with a sense of keen anticipation, as Tim Probert discovers The Coalition Government is poised to publish details of its long-awaited Energy Bill which will transform the UK power supply landscape.... Read more

Barometer measures mixed fortunes but business set to rise

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RACONTEUR SURVEY Now in its second year, the Wind & Marine Energy Business Barometer, researched by Dr Peter Stafford, is the UK’s leading measure of business sentiment in the renewable energy sector Since 2011, the global European and UK economies... Read more

Big guns signal start of new development phase

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WAVE AND TIDAL ENERGY Commercial power from the oceans remains some years away, but some of the world’s biggest companies are backing the sector, writes Mike Scott The wave and tidal power sector remains in the very early stages of... Read more

Unprecedented opportunity for growth not to be squandered

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OPINION The renewables sector needs policy certainty to build on the successes of 2012, says chief executive of RenewableUK Maria McCaffery It has been an extraordinarily successful year for the wind, wave and tidal energy industries RenewableUK represents. We have... Read more

Ageing power lines need makeover

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INFRASTRUCTURE The UK’s power grid needs a radical overhaul to make it fit for purpose in a low-carbon world, as Flemmich Webb reports The advent of large-scale renewable energy capacity in the UK has come just as the country’s transmission... Read more