Task Force on Shale Gas says economic impacts of hydraulic fracturing can’t be quantified without exploratory wells to determine the recoverable volumes of gas
Revenues from a new shale gas industry should be reinvested in carbon capture and storage and low carbon energy generation to ensure that the UK meets its long term climate change commitments a new report...
Government steps in to accelerate planning process for hydraulic fracturing this week by introducing new measures to force swift decision making from councils
There is a “national need” for shale gas, Amber Rudd will tell planning authorities this week in a bid to speed go ahead of search for new energy source for the UK.
As the UK shale gas industry struggles to win public confidence, calls are increasing for the creation of a single regulatory body that would simplify the complex regulatory framework currently in place.