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Great British Energy’s budget has been nuked | Nils Pratley

There was a weirdness in the government’s welcome announcement this week that Rolls-Royce SMR had been selected as preferred bidder…

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MPs should not accept any murky answers from Thames Water chair on potential sale | Nils Pratley

Hurrah, Sir Adrian Montague, the chair of Thames Water, is scheduled to make another of his rare public appearances. On…

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Ill winds are blowing for Labour’s 2030 deadline for clean energy | Nils Pratley

“Immensely challenging” and pushing the limits “of what is feasibly deliverable”. That was the state-owned National Energy System Operator’s description…

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Drax needs a better policeman | Nils Pratley

Even government ministers sounded embarrassed in February when they threw yet more subsidies at Drax, recipient of £6.5bn to date,…

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Drax is the subsidy show that goes on and on | Nils Pratley

Surprise, surprise, a mighty £7bn of subsidies since 2012 have not been enough to get Drax to stand on its…

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Gatwick still beats Heathrow hands-down if we must have another runway | Nils Pratley

Get ready for another season of that interminable saga, Heathrow’s third runway. There was a lull during the Covid pandemic…

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Early phase-out of full hybrid vehicles may be a political risk too far for UK ministers | Nils Pratley

The main timetable is set: no new petrol and diesel cars will be allowed to be sold in the UK…

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