Money-grubbing chancellors … will they ever learn?
At various times in my more than three decades of scribbling about energy I have witnessed several windfall tax grabs by both Labour and Tory administrations.
Gordon Brown
Former PM Brown backs plans for ‘North Sea 2’ supergrid
Gordon Brown says that the development of an interconnected ‘supergrid’ linking North Sea nations and powering wind, hydrogen and oil and gas is “an idea whose time has now come”.
The North Sea’s enduring second life
Life begins at 50. To be precise – a second life.
Norway should take lead on climate financing, former UK PM says
Norwegian climate negotiators should push other countries attending climate talks in Dubai to follow its lead in adopting guarantees to drive investment into renewable energy projects in developing countries, according to former British prime minister Gordon Brown.
Gordon Brown: States that profited from oil surge should pay global windfall
States which banked "staggering" profits from the high price of oil last year should pay a global windfall levy to help poorer nations in the fight against climate change, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said.
Offshore Europe in the 90s: Unsettled times as Brown plans North Sea tax raid
In Part Three of our look through the history of the North Sea and Offshore Europe, this time through the 90s.
Former PM Gordon Brown weighs in on BiFab contracts row
Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown weighed in on the BiFab contracts row yesterday, writing a personal letter to the director of the Belgian company who could decide the Scottish firm’s fate.
OGUK 2016:The North Sea. Can terminal decline be prevented?
Activity in the North Sea oil and gas sector is fast approaching a cliff.
EV Insights: Energy Voice’s top columns for 2015
Throughout the holiday season Energy Voice will be taking a look back at some of our most read columns from 2015.
Brown calls for North Sea reserve for oil industry
Gordon Brown is calling for the creation of a North Sea reserve fund to help the oil industry in one of his final speeches before stepping down as a politician. The former prime minister believes the fund would help maintain and upgrade infrastructure and could provide last-resort debt finance for companies who want to keep fields open. He believes the Government could even take over fields in partnership with some firms in order to keep them open and viable in future. The Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath MP, who is stepping down from Westminster at May’s election, also wants to see young people encouraged to work in hi-tech medical, environmental and engineering jobs as traditional manufacturing work continues to decline.