Bring back the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB), all is forgiven. No really. This is a lament born not out of nostalgia for some imagined, flawless past that never really existed, but of genuine concern for the increasingly dysfunctional, opaque and ever less secure nature of today’s UK energy markets.
The future of our planet depends on the successful transition from fossil fuels to clean energy. We are in a race against time. Climate scientists estimate there is a 50 percent chance of global temperatures exceeding pre-industrial levels by 1.5C in the next five years.