The UK government appears to have given up on being “the greenest government ever”. No one saw much comfort for renewables in the recent Energy Bill or in the Autumn Statement that followed.

Why, I wonder, instead of a “dash for gas”, can’t we have a “race for renewables”? Or a “war on global warming...”?

Never mind, I have some “good tidings” for you. At least one sector is bucking the tide. Last week the tidal energy sector sounded amazingly buoyant – sorry, but I cannot think of a better word – at the annual Tidal Today conference.

What’s buoying up the sector? Well...continue reading here.