With Iran threatening to block the Strait or Hormuz and no long-term fixed contracts in place, analysts have pointed to the energy security threat

When the European Commission began pressing for a dramatic expansion in the use of biofuels in transport and energy several years ago, it was seen as a win-win situation: a way to help farmers, create energy security, cut greenhouse emissions and improve air quality. But even that last claim is no longer taken for granted. More »

Just as with our gas supply, diversity of sources increases our energy security: renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear are not mutually exclusive. They work together to make our energy system more resilient. Our aim is a policy that is technology-neutral. We want to encourage competitive tension between all forms of generation, to get the best

Diversity increases our energy security: renewables, fossil fuels and nuclear power are not mutually exclusive, argues Chris Huhne.

The unlamented Blair is saying that energy security will become as important as defence as emerging economies swallow up ever-increasing proportions of the world's fossil fuel supplies. Better crack on with that shale gas pronto, then.

Drilling for shale gas should not be banned and the new fuel source could improve national energy security, according to MPs

Chris Huhne has given an interview to the Telegraph. According to the front page report, the Energy Secretary has nothing to say about nuclear power, new wind farms or energy security; but rather a lot to say about economic and social policies that are strictly beyond his purview. Jeremy Hunt’s belief that child benefit should be limited across the board is dismissed because there are ‘...

Britain will probably get its power stations – but the strategy looks costly and uncertain in terms of energy security. A better mix would involve more nuclear stations and fewer wind turbines

Despite their special interest in areas like energy security or neighbourhood policy, the East European countries that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007 have not yet become agenda-setters in Brussels, according to a new study.

Ed Miliband MP, Labour's Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, yesterday told the House of Commons that the coalition's energy policy is only papering over the cracks and fails to deliver the long term coherence and certainty that the country needs. Ed Miliband said: "In this area above all the country needs a clear sense of direction. Instead this is a government with not one, not...