Barker leads Green Trade Mission to USA
04 May 2011 UK Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker will lead a UK business trade mission to the southern United States (6-10 May) aimed at strengthening...
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Written Ministerial Statement on Fuel Poverty Advisory Group Triennial Review
Greg Barker MP 15 May 2012 The Coalition Government, as part of its reform of the public bodies sector, has committed to undertake Triennial...
Read this entry » Update 11 May 2012: Tanker fuel strike
See DECC spokesperson statement of 13 April regarding progress in talks between employers and the Unite union to reach a negotiated settlement. Tanker...
Read this entry » Charles Hendry speech to the Nuclear Institute North West Branch Annual Dinner
Check against delivery 10 May 2012 Introduction Thank you for your invitation to deliver this keynote address. I am very pleased to be here today...
Read this entry » Queen’s Speech: ‘Reform of the electricity market’
Her Majesty The Queen today delivered her annual speech at the state opening of Parliament. As part of her speech the Queen announced that the...
Read this entry » New Welsh wind farm to provide secure, home-grown energy
Press ref: 12/058 08 May 2012 Energy Minister Charles Hendry today granted consent to Vattenfall for the Pen Y Cymoedd project, a 299MW wind...
Read this entry » Single EU ETS regulatory instrument to cut out ‘red tape’
Press ref: 12/057 08 May 2012 EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) regulation will be made easier for UK industry to comply with, as a result...
Read this entry » South Korea passes landmark emissions trading legislation
UK Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “I want to congratulate the South Korean Government and the National Assembly on passing this...
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Operation to stop gas release from Elgin well given environmental go-ahead
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has granted TOTAL environmental permits to a undertake a dynamic kill operation to try to stop the gas release from ...
Read this entry »Evidence wanted for new gas generation strategy
The Government has launched a call for evidence to inform a gas generation strategy to deliver a secure and affordable route to a low carbon economy. The strategy,...
Read this entry »Carbon Capture and Storage Cost Reduction Task Force appoints supremo
01 May 2012 Press Ref: 2012/055 Energy Minister Charles Hendry today announced that Dr Jeff Chapman has accepted the position of Chair of the new Carbon Capture...
Read this entry »Written Ministerial Statement; Post informal environment and energy councils, Denmark, 19-20 April
Charles Hendry 30 April 2012 I represented the United Kingdom at the climate change aspects of the EU Informal Environment Council and at the Informal Energy Council...
Read this entry »Funded Decommissioning Programmes guidance – consultation on regulations
The Government today launched a six-week consultation on plans to amend the technical regulations that support the provisions in the Energy Act 2008 on decommissioning...
Read this entry »Prime Minister’s address at the Clean Energy Ministerial
There are huge challenges facing governments across the world today, and one of the most important of all is how we meet our growing energy demands in a way that...
Read this entry »Coalition of World Energy Ministers Commit to Improvements in Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Energy Acce
Joint Press Release 26 April 2012 Leaders from the 23-government Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) and the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative...
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