Category: Energy

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Solar Perplexes Us: Britain Needs a Solar Farm Cap

CSM EDITORIAL Those companies selling solar panels to farmers to place in their fields have – like all good salespeople – addressed the likely objections: They argue that solar panel structures preserve agricultural land, that planning permission for a solar farm is time-limited, and installations can be completely dismantled at the end of their operation. Solar does not take agricultural land, they say, it borrows … Continue reading Solar Perplexes Us: Britain Needs a Solar Farm Cap

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Energy

Avoid Ecotricity: Demolishing Dale Vince and Ecotricity’s Disinformation

BY DAVID TURVER Ecotricity owner Dale Vince is disseminating disinformation to protect his own interests Eco-entrepreneur Dale Vince, who owns and runs Ecotricity, has given interviews and participated in a Talk TV debate where, besides being rude and belligerent, he made some demonstrably false statements about renewable energy, especially how cheap it is. Time for a closer look at Dale and his companies to see … Continue reading Avoid Ecotricity: Demolishing Dale Vince and Ecotricity’s Disinformation

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Energy

From Fields to Fuel

Understanding the Impact of Brent Oil Prices on the British Countryside As global demand for energy continues to increase over the years, the specific impact of fuel prices is growing in significance within numerous economic sectors. Rural areas of agricultural importance which rely more heavily on fuel for their operations are especially affected by shifts in these prices. It’s worthwhile to look at the effects … Continue reading From Fields to Fuel

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Energy, security

The Peril of Nord Stream 2

BY DANIEL KAWCZYNSKI MP Post Brexit we must back America and NATO over Germany’s dangerous over dependence on Russia and the ramifications that has for our Eastern European partners.  In December 2019, the United States moved to impose sanctions on companies involved in ‘Nord Stream 2’, the Russian bid to build an energy pipeline under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Now that we have finally … Continue reading The Peril of Nord Stream 2

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