In order to help you keep up to date with this week’s events we’ve gathered together a few of the top related news stories. You can follow us on twitter too.

• Plans to legislate the Environmental Performance Standard (EPS), which will restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas plants, are being delayed from this Autumn to the New Year. The coalition was accused by the Guardian this week of “watering down a commitment to tough new environmental emissions standards”. These delays in legislation could provide possibilities for new coal-fired power stations such as Kingsnorth to be constructed. Good Energy believes that legislating to apply carbon cost at the point of generation will influence consumer and corporate behaviour to the benefit of a renewable future. Read the Guardian article here, and follow our tweets and blogs to keep up-to-date with Good Energy’s response to important news stories.  

• Chris Huhne responded to the Guardian’s accusations by repeating the Government’s intentions of having no more coal plants without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. Read the Climate Change Secretary’s letter to the Guardian here. Read about the Government’s intention to ban coal-fired power plants without CCS here.

• Confederation of British Industry director-general, Richard Lambert, says Government policy on energy security and climate change is "amber" not green as the government has “not yet shown a sufficient sense of urgency about the need to develop a diverse supply of low carbon energy." Read more about this here. It’s great to see an industry figure wading into the debate with such a clear opinion. We believe that tapping into locally available resources will require a diverse range of technologies and is crucial to a stable, homegrown future.

• In response to growing disbelief surrounding David Cameron’s claim that his government will be the “Greenest Government ever”, Nick Clegg responded this week by saying the Government will deliver a “quiet green revolution”. Read more here. If “quiet” means spending quality time figuring out the legislative environment required to accelerate the growth of homegrown energy in the UK, then that’s great. The complexities of planning regulation, tax legislation, and incentives to support renewable investment require careful consideration, diplomatic influence and a relentless sense of purpose rather than grand statements of intention. 

• The UK's first deep geothermal power plant could be up and running by 2013, after Cornwall Council last week gave the go-ahead for the pioneering 65MW project. Fantastic news and a great example of tapping into a diverse range of locally available renewable energy sources. Good Energy team