Just under two million smart meters were installed last year after the pandemic and social distancing restrictions forced energy companies to pause non-emergency…
Continue Reading493,000 households moved to a new energy supplier last month, a fifth (21%) more than December 2019, according to data from ElectraLink.
Continue ReadingWholesale electricity and gas prices have soared as the UK braces for a blast of subzero temperatures next week—and consumers will eventually feel…
Continue ReadingRenewables to Be World’s Dominant Power Supply by 2025, IEA Says
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy
Globally, renewables will be the dominant source of electricity generation by 2025 “at the latest,” ending coal’s 50-year reign, the International Energy Agency…
Continue ReadingTechnology that recruits electric vehicles as battery storage could cut the cost of the electricity grid by £900 million per year and slash…
Continue ReadingThousands of British Gas engineers and call centre staff began a five-day strike yesterday, in protest of the energy supplier’s controversial “fire and…
Continue ReadingTop-Up Delays Leave E.ON Pre-Payment Customers Without Heat or Power
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Some E.ON prepayment energy customers are being left without heat or power after problems with the supplier’s online payment systems delayed top-ups from…
Continue ReadingRenewable supplier Good Energy is launching a new time-of-use tariff aimed at drivers of electric vehicles, providing cheap off-peak electricity.
Continue ReadingEcotricity to Source Geothermal Electricity
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Renewable Energy
Renewable energy supplier Ecotricity has reached a “pioneering” agreement to purchase electricity derived from the hot granite rocks in Cornwall, marking the first…
Continue ReadingTyne and Wear Village to Be First on Public Gas Grid to Use Hydrogen
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
More than 650 homes in a small village near Newcastle will become the first in the UK to be heated with a mixture…
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