Does blockchain have a future in energy?
Blockchain is being talked up as an enabler of systemic change with in the energy sector. Can it deliver, asks Mark Taylor, managing director...
Pennon eyes bigger energy from waste returns
Pennon Group expects significant earnings growth from its energy from waste business.
Posting half year results, the firm increased profit after tax by 26% to...
Utility Warehouse sees further growth in bundled phone, broadband and energy
Utility Warehouse believes there is more growth to come from bundling communications and energy services to customers and is considering boiler installation, services and...
SSE merger: Npower says business customers will not feel billing pain
Npower has reassured its business customers that they will not experience billing problems as a result of the proposed merger of its retail operations...
Going green in 2018: Smarter PPAs and demand reduction
Dylan Crompton, head of corporate sales at British Gas Business, explains the myriad options available to large businesses seeking to align energy procurement with...
SSE and Innogy agree Npower merger
SSE and Innogy's boards have agreed to merge their retail operations. The news comes as SSE posted half year results which showed further customer...
SSE confirms Npower talks
SSE has confirmed it is in talks with Npower owner Innogy about merging their respective supply businesses.
In a statement, SSE said its board "has...
Doncaster and Islington launch local energy companies via Robin Hood
Nottingham's Robin Hood Energy will partner two new white label operations. Islington Council's Angelic Energy launched this week while Doncaster's Great North Energy launches...
National Grid: 10 per cent capacity margin over winter, plus ‘sufficient’ gas
Falling demand on the transmission system and the start of the government's insurance policy for power have given National Grid greater headroom over winter.
The...
Love Energy Savings launches I&C third party intermediary promising ‘total transparency’
SME energy platform Love Energy Savings has hired ex-utility staff in a bid to attract industrial and commercial firms to its new third party...
Derby City Council launches Ram Energy (powered by Nottingham)
Derby City Council has launched Ram Energy, white-labelling via Nottingham City Council's Robin Hood Energy.
The council joins the ranks of local authorities that want...
New energy switching app for small firms
Former Npower head of new business development Jon Davies has launched a new energy switching app for small businesses.
With price comparison sites predominantly focused...
‘Mega TPI’ Kinect buys Orchard Energy
TPI behemoth Kinect has added another 1,500 industrial and commercial businesses to its books with the acquisition of Orchard Energy.
The firm, created last year...
Total woos public sector energy buyers
Government funding cuts have seen many public sector energy posts removed or merged and some public sector organisations are having to rethink their approach...
Choosing an LPG supplier you can rely on
Flogas outlines its credentials as a supplier of LPG in this sponsored post.
For off-grid businesses making the switch from oil to LPG, choosing the...
New CEO at Drax as Dorothy Thompson steps down
Drax CEO Dorothy Thompson will step down at the year end. She will be succeeded by current chief financial officer Will Gardiner.
The company said Gardiner, who...
Energy procurement: is disruption the new normal?
A long-term energy procurement strategy can save you money, advises Mike Chessum, sales director, Industrial & Commercial Energy and Services at British Gas Business.
If...
Whisky distillery toasts 15% energy bill savings from LPG
Whatever a business’s size, energy costs can represent a significant percentage of its overheads. That said, the larger the operation and the more energy-intensive...
British Gas: Not retrenching from I&C market, worst of billing pain ‘over’
British Gas says it remains highly focused on the industrial and commercial (I&C) energy market despite suggestions to the contrary. The company also believes...
Eon’s UK energy sales hit by ‘fierce competition’ as Brexit and ‘interventionist’ policy loom
Eon's UK power sales fell 1.5 billion kilowatt hours, or 8%, in the first half of 2017. Posting half year results, the firm warned...