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  • Kent offshore wind farm to be extended

    One of the first offshore wind farms built in the UK has been given the go-ahead for an extension today by Energy Secretary Edward Davey.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Green light for Lincolnshire wind project

    Ecotricity have been granted permission by Government to construct a 66MW wind farm in East Heckington, Lincolnshire.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech by Gregory Barker at the Solar Roadshow

    "Solar PV is not only exciting, but it is affordable, bankable and ready to go - wherever you are", states Gregory Barker in a speech at the Solar Roadshow.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New clauses added to strengthen the Energy Bill

    New clauses to the Energy Bill to ensure that consumers get a better deal on their energy bills, and to press ahead with decarbonisation.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy trading creates opportunities for Ireland & UK - Davey & Rabbitte

    Ministers to sign MoU giving strong signal of potential opportunity to export gigawatts of green energy from Ireland to Britain.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Launching the National Solar Centre

    Greg Barker speech at the opening of the National Solar Centre.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Gregory Barker speech: National Solar Centre launch

    "Solar is coming of age" announces Greg Barker in a speech to launch the National Solar Centre

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Written Ministerial Statement by John Hayes on the Generic Design Assessment of the Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR)

    I am today making a statement to the House to let Hon Members know that I have asked the UK’s independent nuclear regulators, the Office for…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hitachi nuclear reactor design to be assessed

    Generic Design Assessment to be carried out on plans from Hitachi to build up to six new nuclear reactors in the UK

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • £292,000 boost for bioenergy entrepreneurs

    Seven British entrepreneurs have been awarded a share of £292,000 to spur on innovation in bioenergy.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK leads EU scheme to drive bioenergy innovation

    The UK has pledged up to £10million (€12.5M) to develop innovative bioenergy projects, in partnership with seven other EU countries.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Solar and biomass support packages published

    Solar photovoltaic (PV) industry and biomass developers were given certainty on projects to be supported under the Renewables Obligation (RO).

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Edward Davey speech - Scotsman conference – Energy policy in an independent Scotland

    The debate about Scotland's proposed. separation from the United Kingdom could not be more important; the Scottish people face a truly weighty decision. I welcome this opportunity to set out my view, ...

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Winners of renewable heating scheme revealed

    44 social housing projects receive a share of £3.2 million to get renewable heating into the homes of over a thousand social housing tenants.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Speech by Charles Hendry at McCloskey's Coal UK Conference

    The UK coal community has seen many changes since that first Coal UK conference. Back then, in 1992, our focus was on privatisation of the …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Energy intensive industries to be exempt from new low carbon costs

    Alongside the introduction of the Energy Bill (on 29 November), Edward Davey will announce the Government’s intention to exempt energy intensive…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • An Energy Bill to power low-carbon economic growth, protect consumers and keep the lights on

    Essential legislation to power low-carbon economic growth, to protect consumers, and to keep the lights on was introduced to Parliament by Edward…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Annual Energy Statement - Oral Statement by Edward Davey

    Introduction Mr Speaker, I am pleased, ahead of the Energy Bill's introduction later today, to publish the Annual Energy Statement.  It shows that this Government is making good progress towards our...

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Members appointed to Offshore Wind Programme Board

    Secretary of State Edward Davey today announced the membership of the industry-led Offshore Wind Programme Board which is chaired by Adam Bruce…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Innovation to drive cuts in Carbon Capture and Storage costs

    The winners of an £20m competition for innovative projects to reduce the cost of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) development were announced…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government