Ofgem lifts price cap 5% to £1,928, blames wholesale market instability
Britain’s energy regulator confirmed market expectations this morning by increasing the dual fuel price cap with effect from January to £1,928 per year for...
Co-op primes 15 year divi from Yorkshire solar farm
Britain’s biggest co-operative society the Co-op has signed a 15 year power purchase deal to draw all the output from a Yorkshire solar farm.
The...
Lightsource BP pre-funds Spanish solar farms, targetting SMEs with a grouped PPA
British-based international solar developer Lightsource BP is launching Europe’s first raft of multi-buyer power purchasing agreements (PPAs) serving small and medium sized firms.
Half-owned since...
Talking Power podcast launches – The state of the energy market and the journey...
Talking Power is a podcast series focused on the future of energy and decarbonisation from the perspective of UK businesses. Hosted by The Energyst’s...
Weather-Based Power Indices: Optimising renewable energy risk management in a changing climate
Power prices and Renewable production are difficult to project over months and years. New Power Quanto indices help coping with the capture price risk,...
Green power surge: Britain’s cleanest power grid ever
A surge in renewable electricity has helped the UK achieve its cleanest power grid on record, with carbon emissions falling to an all-time quarterly...
Ofgem probes energy brokers’ fees & suppliers’ complaints handling
Britain’s power regulator has launched a six-week consultation seeking business users’ views on services delivered by third-party energy brokers, including fees charged.
Also under scrutiny...
Launch of JellyFish Energy sees supplier focus on a tech-driven approach
New supplier Jellyfish Energy’s investment in technical innovation allows a streamlined offering for self-service, multi-property customers and back-office. As the market moves towards a...
Why the voice of Third Party Intermediaries (TPIs) needs to be heard
By Anthony Ainsworth, Chief Operating Officer at npower Business Solutions
Earlier this year, we launched our second Business Energy Tracker. This revealed the views of...
NG’s community fund shares £5 million on fuel poverty advice
More than 700 grassroots organisations are sharing £5 million of funding to tackle fuel poverty this winter, thanks to National Grid Electricity Distribution’s Community...
GB power prices to remain high, despite drop in short-term forecasts: Cornwall
Analysts Cornwall Insight have cut their short-term power market price forecast by 12%, with average costs for 2024 now predicted to be £113 per...
NatWest’s app help small firms control energy costs
Banking giant NatWest is offering a digital tool to help the UK’s 5.5 million small businesses save on their energy bills and cut carbon...
Two million “will disconnect from energy” this winter because they can’t afford to top...
New analysis from Citizens Advice has found that more than two million people across the UK will disconnect from their gas and electricity this...
Standing charges are suppliers’ stealth tax on SMEs, trade body charges
Too many energy retailers are using rocketing standing charges as a ruse to inflate bills for small firms, according to lobbyists at the Federation...
Amazon backs Moray West & Ocean Winds with 473MW PPA
Data colossus Amazon has signed a corporate power purchase agreement with ENGIE, increasing its share of output from developer Ocean Winds’ Moray West venture...
EDF plugs in to market-leading PV & battery deal
Nuclear-to-renewables power supplier EdF has signed one of Britain’s biggest energy management deals, optimising revenues from a solar 66MWp farm and a 50MW grid-scale...
Football Association & E.ON ally to decarb soccer’s grassroots
The Football Association and energy supplier E.ON today announced a new long-term partnership to support grassroots amateur football in England with a new decarbonisation...
Jaguar goes big on solar, seeks a quarter of its power from on-site arrays
Car maker Jaguar Land Rover is pushing ahead with ambitions to meet over a quarter of its electricity needs from self-developed renewables assets, sourcing...
Stagecoach in Oxford receives first of 55 new electric buses
Stagecoach has received the first vehicle in a delivery of 55 next-generation battery-electric double-decker Alexander Dennis buses for its operations in Oxford.
The zero-emission Enviro400EVs,...
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