Octopus Energy is offering its customers the chance to lease an electric vehicle at a discount and use it to trial new vehicle-to-grid…
Continue ReadingRenewables Generated 44% of the UK’s Electricity in Q2
Written by Lauren Smith in Broadband Electricity
Renewable resources, including wind and solar, produced 44.6% of the UK’s electricity between April and June, according to new figures from the Department…
Continue ReadingProposals Could Allow Energy Networks to Switch Off Your EV Chargers and Electric Heating in Emergencies
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Controversy has erupted over proposals that would allow electricity network companies to automatically disconnect low-carbon technologies in consumers’ homes to prevent the grid…
Continue ReadingHuge Tesla Batteries Used to Balance UK Grid for the First Time
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has used huge Tesla batteries to balance supply and demand on the UK’s power grid for…
Continue ReadingAround 470,000 households moved to a new electricity supplier last month, down 17% from the August before, as the coronavirus crisis continues to…
Continue ReadingUK Needs to Add 100GW of Renewable Power and 30GW of Storage for Net-Zero Goal
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy
The UK must deploy an additional 80GW of solar power and 20GW of wind power, backed by 15 to 30GW of battery storage,…
Continue ReadingNuclear Clean-Up Bill Has Increased by £3bn, Spending Watchdog Says
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Estimates of the cost of cleaning up a dozen of the UK’s earliest nuclear sites have increased by £2.7 billion since 2017 and…
Continue ReadingBristol City Council Sells Off Energy Supplier
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers
155,000 domestic customers of Bristol Energy will be transferred to Together Energy after the council-owned supplier was sold for £14 million.
Continue ReadingYou may gripe about your energy and water bills, but you’re likely spending more each month on tech services, which you might think…
Continue ReadingThe cost of balancing supply and demand on the UK’s grid hit £139 million in July, as coronavirus restrictions continue to depress electricity…
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