Ed Davey News
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The U.K. postponed its mass installation of “smart” energy meters by a year as suppliers struggle with design glitches and testing is delayed.
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Six environment and climate chiefs, including German Environment Minister Peter Altmaier and U.K. Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Davey, pressed European Union lawmakers to back a rescue plan for the world’s biggest carbon market, as divisions persist before a key vote.
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U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey criticized arguments against renewable-energy policies as “dangerous” for the country’s economy, a sign that he’s resisting pressure from within the government to reduce subsidies for the industry.
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Electricite de France SA, the biggest nuclear power generator, won approval from the U.K. government to build the country’s first new atomic reactors in 25 years at Hinkley Point in southwest England.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron moved Energy Minister John Hayes, an open critic of the environmental policy of their Liberal Democrat coalition partners, to a new post working with the premier.
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U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey said arguments against pushing renewable energy policies are “dangerous” for the economy, signaling he’s resisting pressure from within the government to cut subsidies for the industry.
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Scottish independence threatens to raise the nation’s power bills as billions of pounds needed to switch to green energy are borne by its people instead of being spread across Britain, U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey said.
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The U.K. plans to set prices for low-carbon power production in December in a bid to lure investment in new plants as older generators shut down.
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U.K. lawmakers began considering legislation today that will revamp electricity markets, part of a 110 billion-pound ($176 billion) effort to spur construction of nuclear, gas and wind power plants.
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U.K. Energy Secretary Ed Davey promised to give industry more clarity about power market reforms due next month, seeking to allay the concerns of renewable and nuclear power developers that ministers are bogged down in analysis of the problem.
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