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Britain greets a new decade with substantially cleaner electricity, but challenges lie ahead to decarbonise its transport and heating.
Evidence from the UK and around the world suggests private ownership results in more efficient companies, more investment and more renewable energy.
The most vulnerable people bear the brunt of an ineffective energy system that prioritises profit over the consumer.
New research uses a different technique to give a much lower estimate.
Huge survey shows more than 80% of British people support for solar, but just 18% want fracking.
Cumbria council has approved the £165m Woodhouse colliery – and highlighted the failings of national climate policy.
But electric vehicles will pose a significant challenge over the next decade.
Brexit may be an unexpected boon for the UK's climate leadership. Here's how the UK can seize the initiative.
The party will eventually have to look beyond economic growth.
Labour should not accept nuclear power as an inevitable part of its climate policies.
Governments and energy firms will find it hard to generate the necessary public acceptance for such a controversial technology.
Those on low incomes get less back from home improvement schemes than they pay in government charges.
We think of decarbonisation as a "cost". But what about the opportunity?
Offshore wind is an expensive business to get into.
Price caps don't cut it – but community ownership can help solve the energy problem and make people more resilient.
The party wants publicly-owned firms to join – not replace – the market.
Research shows people don't trust planning decisions if it seems central government or energy companies have had too much influence.
This is a big opportunity for smaller reactors that can be built quickly and cheaply.
The government promises cash for communities that accept fracking, but cannot know whether it can keep that promise or not.
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Senior lecturer, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter
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Lecturer, Energy Data Analytics Group, Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow in Energy Economics and Policy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Energy, The Open University
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Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL
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Professor in International Relations, Royal Holloway
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Lecturer in Sustainable Energy, Imperial College London
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Energy Data Analyst - PhD in Modelling Flexibility in Future UK Energy Systems, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Geophysics, Royal Holloway
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Professor, Sociology, Lancaster University
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Professor at the DEMAND Centre and Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University
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Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professor of Nuclear Physics, Director of Birmingham Centre of Nuclear Education and Research, University of Birmingham
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Research Fellow, Cardiff University
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Researcher in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Glasgow Caledonian University
