Northern Ireland has no voice in managing its energy supply post-Brexit, new research shows
05/12/2022
The UK's exit from the EU has plunged Ireland's all-island energy market into a democratic deficit with decisions on Northern Ireland's energy supply no longer in the hands of its citizens and government, new research has shown.
A previously confidential government study detailing 142 areas of life in Northern Ireland that will be impacted by Brexit has been published, revealing risks to everything from cooperation on congenital heart disease and cross-border child protection to rules preventing the looting of national treasures.
North Wales' tidal energy industry has received a £12.6m European Union boost.
A new, post-Brexit trade row is looming for key U.K. industries but do ministers want to trigger fresh negotiations with Brussels? / Business groups representing U.K. energy and steel sectors are looking nervously at a potential financial cliff-edge, when additional export costs are introduced through the EU’s carbon border tax.
Navy may need to intervene in clashes between UK and European fishing vessels, leaked plans warn
23/08/2020
Contingencies drawn up for ‘no deal’ Brexit.
Brexit secretary confirms only 43 of 161 agreements seen as essential have been rolled over.
Emmanuel Macron suggests new European political community based on core values in areas such as security and energy.
Losing energy links to Europe after no-deal will cost UK more than £2bn every year, experts warn
18/01/2019
After string of nuclear power failures, leaving EU could compromise nation’s ability to share clean electricity with European nations.
The government would do well to read the House of Lords EU committee report on Brexit impacts, recently debated in the Lords.
Despite not seeming keen to cut VAT as per the Leave campaign promise, he took the opportunity to say this week that leaving the EU means the UK can now set its own VAT rates.
The need to find alternatives to Russian gas has led to a thawing of relations. / IRISH diplomacy could see the UK rejoin an energy alliance with EU members states by the end of this year.
The Government has secured more than half a billion euro in grants from the European Commission to connect Ireland's electricity network to France.
Celtic Interconnector will stretch 500km from Ireland south coast to Brittany. / A new 500km electricity cable will be built to bypass Britain and connect Ireland directly to the European Union's energy markets after Brexit, under plans confirmed on Tuesday.
Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and the Vote Leave campaign claimed fuel bills would be lower for everyone following Brexit. Instead, bills have risen exponentially.
A hard Brexit deal with the European Union could leave the UK vulnerable to a gas crisis, MPs have warned.
Although we have left the EU, there are still many issues to be resolved. One of the biggest dangers is that if the NI Protocol breaks so will the UK-EU trade deal.
Green Brexit? Report accuses UK of failing to effectively replace EU energy systems policy
18/06/2021
Brexit is making the UK's transition to net-zero "more complex", a new report has warned, stating that Covid-19 has further delayed efforts to set strong decarbonisation policies for an independent UK.
Bruno Le Maire is the French opposite number to chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.
European states will, within days, announce measures to apply pressure on London to abide by Brexit agreements sealed with the bloc when Britain left the European Union, French European Affairs Minister Clement Beaune told Europe 1 radio on Tuesday.
Nuclear proponents lost significant voting power when the UK left the EU, but France is cobbling together a new nuclear alliance and has racked up a number of recent successes.
Flustered Boris Johnson confronted over his own Brexit pledge to cut VAT on energy bills [3 mins]
04/01/2022
The Prime Minister claimed in 2016 that 'when we Vote Leave, we will be able to scrap this unfair and damaging tax' - but since taking power he's done nothing about it.
THE average household energy bill in the UK is set to increase by at least £600 by the spring, energy and consumer groups have warned.
Pressure mounting for breakthrough ahead of EU leaders’ video conference.
EU unveils plan to dedicate a quarter of its budget fighting climate change with €1 trillion 'green deal'
15/01/2020
Brussels also plans 'Just Transition Mechanism' to regenerate coal mining and oil regions after transition.
Ursula von der Leyen sets out plans to mandate revenue cap on electricity generators and secure a 'crisis contribution' from fossil fuel companies in her State of the European Union address.