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Doing nothing to raise money for renewables would lead to higher bills insists Energy Secretary Ed Davey, but consumer groups call for more government action to tackle rising energy costs.

The government grants planning consent for French firm EDF to begin construction of a new nuclear power plant at Hinkley in Somerset – but consent is not the same as actually getting the plant built.

In this report from March 2006, Channel 4 News Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman looks at the growing tensions between Venezuela, led by the populist Hugo Chavez, and the US.

The number of UK children living in fuel poverty rises to 1.6 million – a 9 per cent increase over three years – according to new research, which comes as British Gas announces an 11 per cent profit.

The UK is facing an “energy gap” and consumers should prepare for higher prices to prevent power shortages, Ofgem warns.

Al Gore is worried about David Cameron. When I put it to him that some political leaders in Britain were starting to row back on the climate change agenda he jumped straight at the Prime Minister.

Families could face higher electricity bills as a result of “shocking” blunders in awarding new offshore windfarm contracts, a group of MPs warns.

The energy secretary gives the go-ahead to resume fracking, the controversial process of drilling for gas by splitting shale. But environmentalists say it has no place in a low-carbon economy.

Energy Secretary Ed Davey unveils what he called the biggest transformation of Britain’s electricity market since privatisation as the emphasis switches to low-carbon power.

The government publishes details of its long-awaited energy bill which will not include a target to slash emissions from the power sector by 2030.

The cost of energy only seems to go in one direction – up. So who can we blame; the market or the government? Channel 4 News answers the key questions.

SSE whose customers were hit with bill hikes of 9 per cent in October reports a 38 per cent jump in half-year profits to nearly £400m.

The “full force of the law” will be used against anyone involved in attempts to rig the UK gas market, Energy Secretary Ed Davey tells MPs.

After claims that power companies manipulated prices within the wholesale gas market, Channel 4 News looks at why prices may have been distorted and what the allegations reveal about the market.

I know that comparisons to the The Thick of It are wearing a bit thin these days but the latest row over comments by Energy Minister John Hayes is beyond DoSac.