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  • Friday, 29 September, 2023
    UK infrastructure
    Sunak’s electricity network plans aim to break the gridlock

    The current approach to designing, approving and building the UK’s grid is too fragmented

  • Friday, 22 September, 2023
    Legal services
    Legal expertise is crucial to cutting through renewables deadlock

    Lawyers are guiding clients on the complexities of green energy projects – from financing to permitting

    Workers install solar panels as wind turbines spin behind them
  • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
    Tobacco
    Bans on disposable vapes would be an ill wind for tobacco companies

    The big companies are only bit players in disposables, but there is also wider scrutiny of cigarette alternatives

    Shelves of disposable vape cigarettes in a shop
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Climate change
    Reduce the cost of the energy transition to ease climate fatigue Premium content

    Local electricity pricing could help smooth the path to net zero and cut utility bills

    A wind turbine at the Wind Float Atlantic floating offshore wind farm
  • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
    Financial services
    It is in the UK’s interest to treat investment research as a public good

    The declining volume and quality of analyst coverage should carry some of the blame for the City’s problems

  • Wednesday, 21 June, 2023
    UK energy
    Plump for pumps if the UK wants greener heat in homes

    Upfront costs are a problem but compared with other options, the technology is efficient

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    UK energy
    UK businesses need a solution to exorbitant energy costs

    Expensive new contracts are kicking in just when government support has been cut back

  • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    Grid bottlenecks delay transition to clean energy

    Connecting wind and solar farms to tomorrow’s electricity-hungry customers will require huge investment

    A night-time view from the International Space Station shows energy-hungry cities in the UK, France and Belgium, plus an auroral display at top
  • Sunday, 28 May, 2023
    The Big Read
    Lex in depth: the staggering cost of a green hydrogen economy

    The clean energy source is generating buzz as an alternative to fossil fuels. The FT calculates that delivering it requires $20tn of investment by 2050

    A montage image showing hydrogen in the periodic table, plus an aircraft, lorry and boiler
  • Wednesday, 24 May, 2023
    LexHydrogen power
    The Lex Newsletter: Hydropower — it never rains but it pours Premium content

    Reliability of renewable energy source may change as weather patterns become less predictable

    Freudenau hydroelectric power plant on the river Danube in Vienna, Austria
  • Wednesday, 3 May, 2023
    LexItaly
    The Lex Newsletter: Italy puts a new spin on national security  Premium content

    Giorgia Meloni appears determined to stretch domestic rules to justify a more active stance on business

    Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni
  • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
    BP PLC
    BP to feel the heat over curtailed climate vow

    Oil major shoots itself in foot for failing to give investors a vote at this year’s AGM after allowing them a say in 2022

    Demonstrators protest against BP
  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    Carbon capture and storage
    Why the UK should inject some fizz into carbon capture

    The real hurdle may not be costs or technical challenges but implementation

  • Tuesday, 21 February, 2023
    UK energy
    UK power groups do not elicit sympathy but we do need to work out how to pay

    Prices are already high and the move to cleaner energy requires billions in investment

    An electricity transmission tower near residential houses in Upminster, UK
  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    LexMilan
    The Lex Newsletter: Brexit displaces London bankers to live ‘la dolce vita’ in Milan Premium content

    A cost-benefit analysis of Europe’s financial centres might now find the Italian city near the top of the list

    Shoppers in Via Monte Napoleone in Milan
  • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
    UK economy
    Windfall levy shouldn’t blow UK’s green ambitions off course

    New tax on low carbon power producers may have a smaller impact on investment than feared

    Wind turbines generate electricity at Burbo Bank Off Shore Wind Farm in Liverpool, UK
  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    LexEnergy sector
    The Lex Newsletter: Fusion will be the next energy transition Premium content

    Commercial use is many years away but investors should start thinking through the implications now

    A scientist working at the National Ignition Facility in California
  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    UK energy
    The dreaded ‘dunkelflaute’ is no reason to slow UK’s energy push

    Government should be working towards a full-system transformation, not just renewables

  • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
    LexEnergy sector
    The Lex Newsletter: COP27 — Europe must take pragmatic approach to unlock US LNG Premium content

    Political uncertainty and doubts over the speed of energy transition are obstacles to long-term contracts

    An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG export unit in Louisiana, US
  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    LexItalian politics
    The Lex Newsletter: Meloni learns from Truss’s fiscal disaster Premium content

    Italy’s new prime minister knows that keeping markets onside is wise considering the country’s finances

    Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni addresses the Italian parliament on Tuesday
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