In the inaugural Next Energy News Show, Robert Llewellyn talks about taking on climate change trolls and his disdain for Daily Mail journalists, I get to look around BMW's hybrid batmobile the i8, and we talk to a man who's attempting to use renewables to go off-grid.

The extraction of shale gas through fracking is supported by 57% of Britons, according to a public opinion poll commissioned by UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG).

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Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid cars are gaining traction across the UK, according to figures published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

Escalating energy bills have become European homeowners’ main concern, according to research carried out by home improvement retailer, Kingfisher.

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is considering opening up the contracts for difference mechanism to projects located outside the UK.

The shock closure of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) has damaged the sector, according to the director of an installer support company.

The government’s electricity market reform (EMR) proposals, designed to help encourage investment in low carbon energy, passed into law on Friday.

Panasonic has partnered with Tesla Motors to construct batteries in the United States at the electric vehicle company’s new battery manufacturing plant, the Gigafactory.

Labour is calling for an investigation into the handling of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, which was closed without notice on Thursday evening.