Top to toe: SSEN seeks flex contracts covering 15 zones

Distribution network operator SSEN is seeking partners offering flex services across fifteen zones, in areas spanning the Highlands and southern England as far north...

Exports, plus electrification of everything, will push UK power prices higher before 2030; Cornwall

Exports directed at plugging gaps in continental baseload will keep UK power prices at historically high levels for the rest of this decade, latest...

Business Energy: Third Party Costs at an all-time high 

Business Energy: Third Party Costs at an all-time high  Paul Miller, Sales Director at renewable energy company Drax says "Wholesale energy prices have risen significantly...

 nBS launches trading platform for energy managers

Corporate energy supplier npower Business Solutions has launched a suite of flexible energy trading solutions designed to help businesses trim energy bills and maximise...

Utilities management experts, eyebright expect business revenue to more than double in the next three years. In the last 24 months, savings achieved by...

Energy firms extend lifelines to SMEs caught in “excessive” tariffs

Commercial power retailers EDF and British Gas are the first major suppliers reported to have offered lower cost deals designed to rescue thousands of...

“No backsliding to tiny reserves & feather-bedded shareholders”, Ofgem warns suppliers

Britain’s energy regulator today warns under-capitalised suppliers that government could intervene to prevent a repeat of 2021’s collapse of 28 suppliers. With energy retailers forecast...

Cornwall: “Wait to late 2030s for a return to pre-Covid prices”

Respected energy economists Cornwall Insight expect no return to pre-Covid power prices before the late 2030s at the earliest. Despite Europe’s & the world’s continuing...

Why businesses need to understand what’s happening with wholesale energy prices

By Sam Bannister, Portfolio Manager at npower Business Solutions It may not surprise you to learn that one of the questions my team and I...

UKRI boosts sustainable energy research with £53 million

Taxpayer-supported grant giver UK Research & Innovation is helping energy-related research at six centres, with £53 million of new money. Greater complexities in power distribution,...

Drink in that Northants sunshine! Britvic quaffs 33.3 GWh, Tangos with PPA broker Squeaky

Beverage bottler Britvic, owner or licensee of drinks brands including Tango, Robinsons, 7Up & Lipton Tea, is to source 75% of its UK power...

Octopus extends Zero Bill homes concept, aims for 10,000 by 2025

Britain’s second largest energy supplier has found a new partner in its dream to deliver 10,000 new energy bill-free homes before 2025. Octopus Energy is...

Ofgem’s reform broom: “sharp practice” curbs on business supply, capital thresholds for home retailers

Britain’s energy regulator today introduced its widest-ever raft of reforms in heat and power supply, aiming to lift standards of customer service, curbing sharp...

British Gas’ nine-fold hike in profits sparks rage

Centrica. the parent of leading UK supplier British Gas Energy, today posted half year operating profits for 2023’s first six months of £2.1 billion,...

Hub, hub, hooray! Government offers SMEs tips to cut bills & carbon

The government launches today a service to help Britain’s 5.5 million SMEs save on their energy bills while reducing their carbon emissions. The UK Business...

Broke, and broker: 3 million SMEs suffer in contact with tariff intermediaries, Octopus poll...

A poll released today by Octopus Energy for Business finds approximately 3.2 million small businesses have emerged bruised in their dealings with energy tariff...

Leeds leads on solar parking: City opens UK’s first canopy-powered Park’n’Ride

How often does the sun shine on Yorkshire? With typical modesty, canny Leeds councilpersons may reckon the sun is the county’s gift to the...

Off-peak electricity use & home generation could save billions in energy costs

New analysis from researchers at Cornwall Insight and Smart Energy GB has revealed the substantial cost-saving potential of household flexible electricity initiatives such as...

Trust us: Heat operator Kensa achieves registration for consumer protection scheme

Heat Trust, the consumer champion for customers purchasing energy from communal and district heat networks, has successfully registered its first networked heat pump site...

Shell Energy inks deal to help Norsk Hydro strip carbon from UK ops

Shell Energy has sealed a sales deal with industrial combine Norsk Hydro intended to strip carbon from the client's operations. The three-year agreement will cover...