REMA responses “strengthen case for radical reform”: Cornwall
Replies to Britain’s biggest ever consultation on energy market reform underline the case for a far-reaching revamp, consultants Cornwall Insight believe.
D-ESNZ yesterday published its...
UrbanChain to add storage & EV charging stations to its trading exchange
Buoyed by government recognition, energy trading platform UrbanChain is set to add EV charging stations and batteries to its renewable energy trading market.
It comes...
Smart phoning: Vodafone dials into 5 solar farms, as domestic on-roof PV instals double
Mobile telecoms giant Vodafone has reached agreement with Centrica and solar developer Mytilineos to fund five new PV farms, capable of providing it with...
“Millions could switch supplier” after July, as homeowners chase deals: Cornwall Insight
Analysts believe uncounted droves of British home power accounts stand ready to flit between suppliers this summer, as falling energy wholesale prices coupled with...
Fashion retailer H&M finds good (non-FiT) fit with Lightsource bp on two Midlands farms
Fashion shoppers in Swedish brand H&M’s UK stores will now be browsing its wares in light provided by clean power made on British solar...
Good Energy hots up SET rivalry; plans roll-out to 80,000
Long-standing green energy pioneer Good Energy, Britain's biggest voluntary Feed-in Tariff (FiT) administrator with over 80,000 generation customers, has launched a new smart export...
Utilidex and Eneco partner together to deliver a cloud-based complex billing platform
Eneco, is an international energy company that supplies customers in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and UK with 100% renewable energy. Utilidex offers a platform...
BP leapfrogs Shell’s profits, spurs renewed calls for heavier windfall tax
BP today outdid Shell by declaring a sanctions-boosted doubling of profits for 2022, up to £23 billion.
The figure is a new record for the...
Boost UK productivity? Get suppliers – including utilities – to stop wasting employees’ time
Abysmally managed customer service, including that offered by power & utilities suppliers, imposes productivity losses of £11.4 billion every month on Britain’s economy, a...
Czechs write cheque to buy InterGen
Independent power producing major InterGen has been sold by its parent company to Czech investors Creditas Group for an undisclosed sum.
With over 25 years’...
Shapps publishes suppliers’ performance on Energy Bill Support vouchers
Energy firms vary unacceptably in their success or lack of it in delivering energy savings vouchers to to customers struggling with high prepayment meter...
Citizens Advice: Millions left in dark, as 1 pre-payment meter is cut off every...
3.2 million clients on pre-payment meters saw their power supply terminated last year, equivalent to one disconnection every ten seconds, new research by Britain’s...
One in four small businesses “will suffer”, says FSB, as Govt cuts energy bill...
Representatives of British business reacted with emotions ranging from despair to resignation today, in response to the government's reduction in protection from rocketing energy...
Octopus completes acquisition of Bulb
Extravagantly paid energy tyro Hayden Wood’s “too-big-to-fail” failed supplier Bulb, once the doyen of lying premier Johnson, finally collapsed into the arms of Octopus...
Infrastructure Bank offers councils £4 billion for heat networks, as D-BEIS warms three towns’...
More than £30 million from public funds is set to benefit heat networks in Hull, Peterborough & Wigan.
Projects in the first two cities are...
Shapps reverses Truss ban, launches homes insulation drive in third week in December
Energy secretary Grant Shapps did at the weekend what libertarian PM Liz Truss refused to two months ago, launching an £18 million publicity drive...
What power do businesses have to change our energy future?
By Anthony Ainsworth, COO of npower Business Solutions
For more than a year, the UK energy market has experienced a period of unprecedented volatility, with...
GridBeyond secures 271MW prequalified capacity for the Capacity Market
The Capacity Market Registers published on 29th November have confirmed that GridBeyond has prequalified 271 MW for the T-1 and 415 MW T-4 auctions...
Ofgem singles out 17 suppliers over slack customer support
Energy regulator Ofgem today named and shamed 17 retailers for shortcomings and slackness in their handling of customers on the brink of ducking energy...
UK falls from EY’s podium of 40 most attractive nations for clean energy cash
Britain has dropped one place to fourth – behind Germany, - among 40 major economies ranked by global consultants EY in their latest RECAI...