brexit

The decision taken by just over half of the voting electorate to leave the European Union has sent shockwaves throughout the UK, among both the Leave and Remain camps. The dust will take a while to settle but reactions are likely to be flying in for some time on a day that has rocked the UK political and economic landscape.

Concerns over the future of UK energy policy have quickly emerged as a direct result of last week’s vote to leave the European Union, with trade organisations and independent commentators calling on government to show it remains committed to the low carbon agenda.

Confirmation that the UK has voted to leave the European Union has prompted fresh calls for the low-carbon sector to be granted more investment certainty.

The UK takes to the polls today to deliberate over something which stands to have far greater repercussions than last year’s general election. But whichever way the result goes, with the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s leadership split it is all but certain there’ll be a changing of the guard.

Should Great Britain vote to leave the European Union later this week there could be a much greater need for new energy generation capacity, but at the cost of an extra £140 million on annual consumer bills.

The European Union has driven renewable energy deployment and boosted the UK’s voice in the international climate debate Lord Mandelson has claimed as he made the case against Brexit yesterday.

A potential vote to leave the EU has some calling it a sucker punch for energy and others confident UK renewables will be fighting fit. John Parnell attempts to figure out the Brexit energy options

Former secretary of state for energy and climate change Sir Ed Davey has claimed that Britain’s green businesses would suffer if the country voted to leave the European Union.