Chris Huhne

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Christopher Murray Paul Huhne (born 2 July 1954) is a British energy and climate change consultant and former politician who was the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Eastleigh from 2005 to 2013, and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change from 2010 to 2012. He is currently chair of the UK green gas association – the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association – and senior adviser to the World Biogas Association. He also advises companies on his particular interest in renewable technologies that can provide back up for intermittent energy sources like wind and solar. As Energy Secretary, Huhne was responsible for two innovations that have subsequently had a wide influence internationally: an Electricity Market Reform (EMR) that introduced market-friendly support mechanisms for renewables ("auctioned contracts for difference") that has been copied widely in Europe and even in China, and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which was the first support for biomethane...

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