22 to 29 January 2016

This week’s briefing focuses on the widespread media coverage generated by the launch of the Institution’s Engineering the UK Electricity gap policy statement which warns of the looming electricity shortage faced by the UK. The policy statement achieved widespread media coverage in almost all major UK media outlets, including BBC Breakfast News, ITV lunchtime news as well as The Sun, The Mirror, The Guardian and The Times. Dr Jenifer Baxter completed interviews with a number of BBC radio stations, including BBC Radio 5 Live, as well as national and trade newspapers.

Engineering the UK electricity gap – 26/01/2016

• Broadcast coverage

   

  The news was reported on BBC Breakfast News, ITV lunchtime news, BBC 5 Live, BBC Radio 4 Today programme, BBC Radio Scotland , BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio Merseyside, BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC West Midlands, BBC Radio Ulster, BBC Foyle, BBC Radio Lincolnshire, BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC Radio Surrey, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Coventry and Warwickshire, BBC Radio Lancashire, BBC Jersey, BBC Radio Kent, BBC Radio Guernsey,  BBC Radio Sussex, BBC Radio Newcastle, BBC Radio Shropshire, BBC Radio Oxford, BBC Radio Solent, BBC Radio Nottingham, BBC Radio Manchester, BBC Radio Tees, BBC Radio Essex, BBC Three Counties Radio and BBC Radio Sheffield.

   

• National newspapers

  The news was covered by the majority of national UK newspapers including The Guardian, The Sun, The Times, The Daily Mail, The Mirror (link not available) and The Daily Telegraph (link not available).

   

• Trade, regional newspapers and other news outlets

The policy statement was picked up widely by the engineering, energy and political press and was covered in, among other publications, The Huffington Post, The Press and Journal, Reuters, The Northern Echo, The Express and Star, Belfast Telegraph, The Star, Blue & Green Tomorrow, Infrastructure Intelligence, RECharge News, Utility Week, Money Market, AOL, Bloomberg, Renewable Energy Focus, Energy Live News, Eureka, The Star, World Nuclear News, Nuclear Engineering International, Power Engineering and Global Construction News.

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