Johnson Matthey & Thyssenkrupp pledge to advance blue ammonia
Metallurgists & sustainable technologists Johnson Matthey are teaming up with chemical plant builders Thyssenkrupp Uhde to promote ways of making ammonia, with lower carbon...
PPA contracts: Getting the knowledge you need, when you need it
In recent years Power Purchase Agreements have gone from a niche product exchanged between expert parties to mass market electricity products.
Get it right and...
UK risks “missing green growth among small businesses”, BT finds
Britain’s 5.5m small businesses overwhelmingly need more help from politicians & policy makers to reduce their environmental impact, research conducted for telecoms giant BT...
Stanlow refinery celebrates 100 years
The hydrocarbon refining complex which every day delivers 16% of Britain’s fuel oils for road transport celebrates its centenary today.
Originally developed by Shell Oil,...
Star interns celebrate UKPN’s offer of full-time roles
Regional network operator UK Power Networks has offered full-time roles to five interns emerging from under-represented backgrounds in London.
The star quintet showed outstanding promise...
Octopus now officially UK’s No 1 electricity supplier, deflates B Gas
Only eight years after starting up, Octopus Energy is now the UK's biggest power supplier, official figures just released reveal.
Greg Jackson’s bouncy renewables-to-heat pumps...
Sam’s vision: Midcounties teams with Big Solar Co-op to trim 5% from power bill
A store manager's initiative has led to one of Britain’s biggest co-operatively owned retailers partnering with The Big Solar Co-op in quest of cheaper,...
Co-op collects divi from ScottishPower’s solar PPA
Energy-to-food-to-burials supplier the Co-op Group has signed a PPA – power purchase agreement - to source electricity for its stores, funeral homes and depots...
RWE signs first UK solar PPA, commits Notts & Northhants farms to Kerry Group
German energy leviathan RWE, a leading power producer in the UK, has signed its first solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) in Britain.
Benefitting for at...
npower offers cash to community groups in Midlands and Yorks
Leading energy supplier npower Business Solutions has launched a new community fund, designed to support projects improving the environment, encouraging responsible business and supporting...
Consumer champion presses minister to help 500k heat networked homes
As Ofgem's latest price cap sends average household energy bills to their lowest level in two years, a consumer body is sounding the alarm...
Government offers c.£400m. British Industry Supercharger to level field for energy-intensive industries
Around 370 businesses in energy intensive industries employing an estimated 400,000 workers are set to benefit from lower costs as a result of the...
Octopus brings 1.3 million Shell customers on board in record time
Octopus Energy has beaten its own record for customer adoption, successfully migrating all of Shell Energy’s 1.3 million customers onto its systems in record...
Ofgem names best and worst home energy suppliers for first time
Energy regulator Ofgem has published the latest results of its annual Energy Consumer Satisfaction survey. For the first time it names the best and...
Judge rules global energy supplier hid broker commission
Energy claims specialist has helped recover thousands of pounds for a small amusement arcade business, after leading energy supplier Engie was found liable in...
Peel & E.ON start work at Liverpool Docks on UK’s ‘biggest rooftop solar install’
Ports operator Peel Group is partnering with its power supplier E.ON to install what they expect to be Britain’s biggest roof-mounted solar PV system.
The...
Join The Energyst at the MEUC Spring Conference & Exhibition
Join us and transform your utility management journey at Buying and Using Utilities Live, The Major Energy Users (MEUC’s) Spring Conference and Exhibition, taking...
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,...
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...
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...