Misinformation on new direction of UK energy policy – more of the same but different….

North Sea exploration licenses have been the subject of much media attention of what is and is not the new Government’s policy. Chris Goggin of Rinnai tries to unravel the thread from the needle…….

Recent media coverage of the UK’s new domestic energy policy contains contradictory messages with mainstream print and broadcast media titles claiming that the new Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered a block on any new North Sea oil and gas drilling. The claims underline that a new direction of UK energy generation and dispersal is underway.