The State of Britain by Richard Lyon
Richard LyonChecking the arithmetic behind Britain's energy bet — and the political economy around it. Physics first, tribe never.
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Flying Blind
From today’s generating fleet to the one the Committee’s 2050 pathway describes, technology by technology.
ON 23 JUNE Britain’s grid came far closer to failing than most people realise, and on Kathryn Porter’s account published last week,...
The Week in Energy — 25 July 2026
SOMETHING UNUSUAL HAPPENED in the energy news this week: the government kept saying the quiet part aloud. The machinery the net-zero plan leans on — priced flexibility, mature storage, falling bills — was contradicted three times in seven d...
Who Investigates the Investigators?
On the afternoon of 28 April 2025, the lights went out across Spain and Portugal for ten hours. Eight people died during the event. A study published two months later by Imperial College and Spain’s Instituto de Salud Carlos III, using the...
The £92 Billion Scheme Nobody Remembers
This week on the Subsidy Clock we are looking at the scheme with the dullest name and the largest bill: the Renewables Obligation. It stands at over £92 billion. That makes it the largest subsidy on Britain’s electricity market, and the qui...
‘Cheaper Than Gas’, Until You Build It
THIS WEEK ON the Subsidy Clock we are looking at the direct subsidy: Contracts for Difference. It stands at £14.7 billion. What that number means, and where it is heading, is the subject of this essay.
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I'm a former senior oil and gas operations manager with 35 years of international experience, and academic qualifications in electrical engineering and power systems, petroleum engineering, and energy economics.
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