We're just back from our summer holiday (2 glorious weeks in Alonissos) and, boy, can you tell it's party conference time. Every single issue group and it's brother is out there touting their particular beef. First up on my radar is the Green Alliance arguing that the UK is falling behind in the global race for the green market. Particular failings are the lack of political leadership (whatever happened to the "greenest government ever"?) and poor focus on delivery. In the case of the former there is clear political conflict at the highest levels in government (check out what Ed Davey has had to say recently about his Tory colleagues simply "not getting it"). Such a situation can do nothing but deter investment - especially as most innovation funding that's available is short term (where have we heard that before?) and there is poor supply chain support.
Commenting on the report Gordon MacDougall, COO of RES UK, couldn't help having a pop at fracking. Well, you'd expect that from his position but the UK's energy strategy is in such a poor state that I suspect that every available source needs to be pursued.
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