Labour; highly polished, but no detail

The final piece of the jigsaw, the Labour party manifesto, has been published. Whilst featuring extremely high production values, there is a distinct lack of detail – particularly for the energy sector. The total content on the topic consists of: Developing more...

Conservative manifesto; light on energy

The Conservatives published their election manifesto on Monday, the penultimate document in the series (we have already covered UKIP, the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and Plaid Cymru). The manifesto is fairly light on the subject of energy, although it’s not as...

UKIP’s manifesto; as sensible as you’d expect

UKIP today launched their manifesto for the Assembly elections, with some eye-catching policies designed to raise electricity prices and increase carbon emissions. The party, which embraces climate-change denial as a central tenet of its policy platform, has pledged...

Liberal Democrats get tough on carbon

Yesterday’s launch of the Liberal Democrat manifesto brings to three the total number now in the public domain (read our views on the Green Party here, and on Plaid Cymru here). Alongside some useful measures to support the implementation of domestic energy...

The Green Party on energy

The Greens have launched their manifesto, the second in the leadup to the National Assembly elections (you can read about the Plaid Cymru launch and manifesto here). Energy makes it into the top four issues for the greens, with the commitment to source all electricity...

Formpave; innovators in sustainable paving & heating

We are delighted to announce that Formpave, a company specialising in sustainable paving solutions and now innovating in ground-source heating, has become our latest member. Established in 1989, and now a part of Forterra Building Products, Formpave has a wide...