UK Coal to Close Down by 2025

Prior to the announcement of the General Election, the Government vowed to see all ‘unabated’ coal-fired power stations cease operation by 2025 – those without carbon capture equipment. It also gave an undertaking to spend £730 million in support of renewable electricity projects during the Parliament’s lifetime. It remains to be seen whether that pledge […]

Increasing the certainty for investments in renewable electricity

The UK government recently published an update regarding its “Final Investment Decision Enabling programme”, which has been designed to help developers of low carbon electricity projects to make final investment decisions before the electricity market changes in the second half of 2014. Through this programme, developers of renewable electricity projects will be in the position […]