With three offers rebuffed in recent weeks, Ecotricity has made another play for fellow green energy supplier Good Energy, this time with a…
Continue ReadingIndependent Body to Replace National Grid as Electricity System Operator
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
National Grid will lose its role in running Great Britain’s electricity grid to an independent body, which will better and more cheaply deliver…
Continue ReadingBritish billpayers should brace for steeper energy costs this autumn after wholesale power prices reached record highs in the second quarter of the…
Continue ReadingSSE Offers Businesses Electricity from Straight From “Wind Farm to Socket”
Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy
SSE is offering British businesses “traceable green” electricity sourced directly from its wind and hydroelectric assets.
Continue ReadingPlans for Somerset Gas Plant Scrapped in Favour of Battery Storage Scheme
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In a decision telling of the UK’s changing energy priorities, plans to construct a gas-fired power station have been ditched in favour of…
Continue ReadingSurging oil prices could push drivers to electric vehicles, speeding decarbonisation efforts, but they may also hold back economic recovery from the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingGovernment Misses Target to Upgrade Fuel Poor Homes
Written by Lauren Smith in Government Policy Household & Bills
The government has missed an interim target to upgrade all fuel poor households in England to energy efficiency ratings of at least E…
Continue ReadingRenewable energy supplier Good Energy has rebuffed a takeover attempt by Ecotricity, turning down three bids in a month.
Continue ReadingSmall and mid-sized businesses are facing steep electricity bills this year, as the wholesale market continues to overheat, a new analysis by Cornwall…
Continue ReadingHouseholds could see their energy bills rise by £30 per year as the power grid operator is forced to pay wind farms to…
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