Charlie Cooper
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Senior UK Energy Correspondent @POLITICOEurope Co-write daily Morning Energy & Climate UK newsletter
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Joined April 2010
RT @CharlieCooper8: NEW: GB Energy considering stakes in SIX floating offshore wind projects. The taxpayer-funded firm has called in engine….
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NEW: GB Energy considering stakes in SIX floating offshore wind projects. The taxpayer-funded firm has called in engineering consultants to advise. Contract suggests GBE prepared to invest in the new tech despite "relatively high level of commercial risk".
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Meanwhile, the clean energy developers are rowing in support of Miliband. EDF, SSE, the RenewableUK lobby group all supportive. Miliband's clean power 2030 target is meant to lower bills. There is a lot of political capital now staked on proving Greg Jackson wrong.
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Miliband says no to zonal pricing. It's a complex issue. But one simple political takeaway:. Greg Jackson — Octopus boss, probably the most prominent biz cheerleader for Ed Miliband's clean energy mission — now says Miliband is keeping bills high + building unnecessary pylons ⚔️
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RT @abby_wallace3: “It's bang, bang, kick a man while you're down.”. How a new draft of a delayed environmental scheme could create fresh h….
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RT @Hargraver: Macron zips into London ready to talk up Anglo-French nuclear cooperation. But how good a deal is it for Starmer & co.?. Gre….
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Interestingly, for the first time today the Cabinet Office included a background note in their response that the contract was signed under the previous government. We've reported that fact before — but it's the first glimmer of embarrassment / contrition I've seen from government.
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Our story last week, revealing No 10 itself is supplied with gas via the contract.
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NEW: Starmer government under fire from pro-Ukraine campaign groups over controversial No 10 and Whitehall gas supply contract with UK subsidiary of TotalEnergies. The French fossil fuel giant has has faced criticism over continued ties to Russian gas.
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NEW: Labour MPs raise concerns over major Whitehall gas deal with UK subsidiary of fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies. The firm has been criticised for its Russia ties incl continued gas imports to EU. FOI shows No 10, FCDO, DESNZ all get gas from the firm.
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"Some adversaries are laying the foundations for future conflict, positioning themselves to move quickly to cause major disruption to our energy and/or supply chains.". More on the threat from our story last month.
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Government's new National Security Strategy very stark on how Russia and other potential enemies view UK energy supply as a vulnerability in the event of war.
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RT @nearlblog: The government has carved out an approval process for already-licensed oil and gas projects in the North Sea, paving the way….
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RT @StefanRousseau: Photo du Jour: Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer picks up the US-UK trade deal off the ground after @POTUS Donald Trump dro….
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RT @TomMcTague: A proud moment for me — the first cover of my first issue as editor. Thanks to all who helped pull this together (and there….
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NEW: GB Energy's totemic £8.3 billion funding package has survived the spending review . But more than 25% of it has just been gobbled up by small modular reactors .
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Strategic Defence Review says the Navy "must be prepared to deter" Nord Stream-style attacks on Britain's undersea gas pipelines. Emphasis on work with private operators, but Navy now needs to play "a new leading and coordinating role" in securing critical undersea infrastructure.
Gas is still the lifeblood of Britain. But we have dwindling domestic supplies + are dependent on imports. So the vital arteries — undersea pipelines — are outside our borders, very hard to protect. It's a profound strategic vulnerability — and 🇷🇺 knows it.
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Expectation is strategic defence review next week will say something on this. In the long-term, there's only one way out of the bind. Reduce our dependence on gas.
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