Household energy bills will rise by 54% to an average of £1,971 per year from 1 April as Ofgem adjust the price cap…
Continue ReadingAround 9,500 homes remain without electricity days after a one-two punch of winter windstorms toppled power lines in northern Scotland and North East…
Continue ReadingCold Weather and Low Winds Last Year Exacerbated Energy Crisis
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
2021 was marked by stratospheric wholesale gas and electricity prices, which contributed to the collapse of more than two dozen British energy suppliers…
Continue Reading100mph gusts from Storm Malik pushed Britain’s wind turbines to generate a record 19.5GW of clean electricity on Saturday, National Grid’s Electricity Systems…
Continue ReadingThe surge in wholesale energy costs has claimed yet another supplier—this time Belfast-based Bright Energy, which offered renewable electricity to households in Northern…
Continue ReadingNatural Gas Prices Will Stay High Until 2025, Goldman Sachs Warns
Written by Lauren Smith in Oil & Gas
Goldman Sachs analysts are warning that the “European energy crisis is not over yet,” with a risk that mounting tensions with Russia and…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas—supplier, servicer and repairer of many of the country’s boilers—is pivoting to low-carbon heating, starting sales of air source heat pumps next…
Continue ReadingPaybacks from Renewable Generators Could Cut £27 from Energy Bills
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
Paybacks from wind and solar farms paid above their contractually-agreed price for electricity could provide a small degree of relief for households facing…
Continue ReadingWind power giant SSE is venturing into solar power, announcing a 30MW project that will solidify its role as “the UK’s clean energy…
Continue ReadingMillions of households will face a further punishing hike in their gas and electricity bills in October, with the latest projections suggesting the…
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