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Last week, the former junior Energy Minister Lord Martin Callanan wrote an article calling for the UK to abandon any plans to use hydrogen to heat buildings and focus entirely on heat pumps.

Last week I listened to a presentation that suggested for an increase in the roll out of heat pumps in the UK we needed “clarity of the role of hydrogen”.

Last week I joined an online demonstration of Home Shield, a project jointly run by Cadent, Northern Gas Networks and Wales and West Utilities working with our good friends at the Energy Innovation Centre.

Let’s put to one side the debate about whether government spending is too high or not; or whether certain departments, like defence, got enough cash or not; let’s look at what happened in our sector for a moment.

Hybrid heating systems, combining a heat pump with a boiler, have gained more interest of late and I now wonder whether they are the Third Way.

Politicians get a tough deal – I would say that I hear you scream out, but it’s true (mostly).

I came across a report this week which examined the relative domestic price for electricity and gas across 33 European capital cities.

Last week’s decision by the Danish company Orsted, to scrap its plans for the Hornsea 4 offshore windfarm project, sent shockwaves through the industry.

You don’t get to win three general elections without having a feel for politics and all the siren voices deployed to attack the former PM should reflect upon that before speaking.

When commuting to London I often catch Farming Today on the radio; Countryfile is a BBC staple but it was Clarkson’s Farm that has made the most impact on raising awareness of agricultural issues in the UK.

I live close enough to the M5 to notice the regular patterns of traffic flows, most notably travelling south-west on Friday afternoons or around Bank Holidays.

Warning, for those with a nervous disposition, look away now.

The recent parliamentary row over the use of Chinese (allegedly slave labour) manufactured solar panels being paid for by the UK government to fit on schools and hospitals was always going to grab media attention.

Trawling through the news over the past few months it seems there are ambitious investment plans across a range of projects, all involving construction workers of various guises. 

Occasionally an article passes over my desk (not literally but online) that causes me to pause and think more deeply about the consequences of what was written. Last week was one of those times.

It was over twenty years ago when the Prime Minister of the day said those words and given events now, I can’t help feeling we are living with those same uncertainties. Events and individuals are combining to shake up what was a political consensus. Change is coming, fast, and we need to prepare for it.