Department of Energy and Climate Change Articles

Last Friday, 1,000 people in the solar power industry were issued redundancy notices. Today the Trades Union Congress says that 27,000 more jobs in the renewables sector are at risk. At a time when the United Kingdom’s economy is far from recovered, the Tory...

Last year the ‘big six’ announced energy price increases of eight to 10 per cent, with the average dual fuel bill costing £1,385. Against this backdrop of soaring energy costs, Ofgem announced that the number of disconnections for debt fell by 51 per cent from 2010 to...

The energy sector over the next 15 to 20 years has perhaps the greatest potential and wide-ranging impact upon UK jobs, skills and the growth of our economy than any other. So, despite a lacklustre Queen’s speech containing little legislation which addresses the major...

The demise of a secretary of state always adds a spark to the tinder wood that is the House of Commons. Sadly, those wishing to see the amusingly-named Ed Davey feel the heat as the new energy and climate change secretary will have to wait: his first questions session...