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Is the future of British coal burning it underground?
Take a boat out on Swansea Bay, and you’ll see a wind turbine spinning in the breeze as you leave the harbour. This is supposed to be the future of energy: green, clean and renewable, writes Ben King.
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Government plans to cut solar subsidies ‘flawed’
Government plans to slash incentive payments to people who install solar panels in their homes have been declared “legally flawed”.
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Thousands of solar projects axed as government cuts tariffs
Thousands of housing associations abandon plans to provide solar panels for their residents after the government halves the cashback payments, making the scheme too expensive to maintain.
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Should UK put its foot down for shale gas future?
Extracting shale gas near Blackpool by “fracking” almost certainly caused two minor earthquakes earlier this year – but could it hold the key to the UK’s energy future? Channel 4 News investigates.
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Flagship carbon capture project scrapped
The government has abandoned plans to fund a commercial carbon capture and storage (CSS) project at ScottishPower’s plant at Longannet, Fife.
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Fuel poverty ‘will kill thousands’
An interim independent report predicts that 2,700 people will die this winter as a consequence of fuel poverty, a figure greater than the number killed in traffic accidents each year.
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Fuel bills: how you can save up to £400
To coincide with a government energy summit, Channel 4 News looks at what consumers can do to cut their bills – and finds that annual savings of up to £400 can be made.
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£4.5bn Shetland oil plan gets go-ahead
David Cameron has given BP permission to begin a new £4.5bn oil project west of the Shetland Islands. BP says the investment will end a “decade of decline” in the industry.
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A quarter of families face fuel poverty by 2015
The rise of wholesale energy costs is predicted to put a quarter of households in fuel poverty and may force the government to do a U-turn on its green commitments.
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Shale gas find in Lancashire fuels protests
A huge shale gas find underground in Lancashire could create 1,700 local jobs – but opponents fear it could undermine Britain’s burgeoning renewable energy industry.
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Government fuel poverty targets likely to be missed
Exclusive: The Government is seriously underestimating the number of people in fuel poverty according to its own advisor, who tells Channel 4 News the situation is “dire”. Siobhan Kennedy reports.
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Landmark energy reforms unveiled
Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne presents a white paper urging more than £110 bn to be spent over the next decade to meet the UK’s future energy needs.
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New wave of nuclear power sites confirmed
The Department of Energy and Climate Change names eight sites it considers suitable for new nuclear power stations. Channel 4 News maps how the sites could meet Britain’s future energy demands.
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Germany plans nuclear power U-turn
Germany announces plans to shut down all its nuclear reactors by 2022, in a policy u-turn prompted by Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
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Government pledges to cut carbon emissions by half by 2025
The Energy Secretary Chris Huhne sets out plans to cut UK carbon emissions by half by the year 2025.