A huge turnaround this year for the oil industry as fracking has upended the biggest world players. America has now replaced Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest producer and is fast pushing the North Sea operators out of the market. Increased shale oil production in the US and a decrease in global demand have caused […]
UK Energy’s Future: Fracking, Wind or Nuclear?
With growing concerns over ‘energy security’ amidst the imminent closures of coal-fired power stations, the effective moratorium on nuclear and the cynical view of renewables, fracking, in itself hugely controversial, has come to the forefront of public discussion with strong arguments on both sides of the debate. Yorkshire has been at the centre of discussion […]
UKIP Play it Coal – Backing Power Stations
UKIP have announced their plans to back coal fired power stations and seek private funding to develop “new, efficient plants”. They’ve pledged to remove all government subsidies for wind and solar power and scrap the carbon tax. So it’s no carbs for Farage. Not good news for the Green party who are pledging to increase […]