Boris Johnson is poised to unveil the government’s new national energy strategy and leaks and informed guesses suggest things long thought to be yesterday’s technology are back in the fold.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the need to reduce Europe and the UK’s dependence on gas from Putin’s regime has been the recent catalyst, but long before that energy prices had started to rocket, driven partly by the rush for renewable energy.
Top of the likely list tomorrow will be nuclear energy, with both the PM and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng indicating that its declining importance to UK energy supply needs to reverse.
Nuclear capacity reached nearly 13GW or 25% of the grid at its high point but is forecast to fall to a third of that as decommissioning of old plants continues.
The government wants the 25% marker back, according to the reports, especially with the rising use of electric vehicles expected to put huge pressure on the grid going forward.
Existing nuclear plans, even the ridiculously expensive Hinkley Point are likely to be ratified or expanded while companies such Rolls-Royce, which has developed small reactors or mini-nukes, could get a sizeable helping hand.
Elsewhere on the renewables front, proposals to rip up former PM's David Cameron’s curbs on inland wind turbines are already reported to be splitting the cabinet and moves such as easing planning permission are unlikely to get an easy ride.
Solar is considered less contentious but whether a field full of reflective mirrors is less of an eyesore than turbines must be open to debate.
An expansion of the UK’s solar capacity to 50Gw from 14 Gw currently has been mentioned but might be ambitious given that it’s raining heavily here again.
Finally, it’s back to fossil fuels and more specifically fracking.
Effectively banned in 2019 after two earthquakes near Blackpool, Kwarteng opened the door slightly this week by instructing the British Geological Survey to look again at the technology.
It might be kicking the can down the road from someone who has indicated many reservations about onshore UK gas but this morning one of the main UK shale gas licence holders said it could supply 3mln households within 12-18 months if it was given government support.
With household heating bills soaring presumably it can no longer just be ignored.
And there is the North Sea, where exploration is stirring again with crude prices north of US$100 barrel.
Labour's plan for a windfall tax has already been ruled out by the PM, but would he dare go further and perhaps offer some help on old rig decommissioning costs.
Tomorrow, we should find out.