Proposals from energy regulator Ofgem will make owning an electric vehicle cheaper, with drivers able to sell power stored in their vehicle’s battery…
Continue ReadingAn energy firm that has received hundreds of millions of pounds in government subsidies for burning biomass is facing prosecution over allegedly exposing…
Continue ReadingShell Offers to Install 50,000 EV Charge Points But Allegations of Greenwashing Continue
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Royal Dutch Shell is offering to install 50,000 public electric vehicle charge points in the UK by 2025, a rollout that would put…
Continue ReadingJust six offshore wind farms went into operation across the world in the first half of 2021, as the industry continues to suffer…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas to Freeze Direct Debits for SVT Customers Over the Winter
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
The UK’s largest energy supplier will freeze direct debits for two million households on its standard variable tariffs (SVTs) over the winter to…
Continue ReadingESB Energy and So Energy Merge to Form “Next Big Green” Supplier
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
ESB Energy has acquired a 75% stake in fellow challenger So Energy, a merger designed to create a “supercharged” supplier that can vie…
Continue ReadingE.ON, OVO, Scottish Power and SSE to Increase Bills Following Price Cap Jump
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Four more energy suppliers have announced that they will hike their prices to the maximum—or near the maximum—permitted under the readjusted price cap,…
Continue ReadingOVO’s Drive + Anytime tariff, giving EV drivers discounted electricity throughout the day, launched across the country yesterday following a successful pilot scheme…
Continue ReadingNearly 74% of home upgrades installed through the aborted Green Homes Grant scheme were insulation, according to recently-released figures from the Department of…
Continue ReadingThe government must “urgently” develop a strategy to upgrade the UK’s inefficient, draughty homes or “risk missing” its 2050 net-zero target, a group…
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