UK firms with CHP generators could be paid to stop exporting power
Firms operating combined heat and power plants could be paid to keep their power off the local grids at times of network stress, in...
What is the levelised cost of power?
Since Energy Procurement reported on levelised costs in 2011, understanding the cost of power generation has become no less complex or controversial. However it...
How directors rate energy suppliers, third party intermediaries and purchasing teams
How do business bosses rate their energy suppliers, as well as third party intermediaries/brokers, and how they rate their own purchasing teams? And how...
Flexible gas purchasing opens up to SMEs
Many businesses want to take advantage of the benefits of purchasing gas on the live energy markets that in the past have been restricted...
Ofgem: Wholesale power liquidity improving
Liquidity is improving in the wholesale electricity market, Ofgem said today.
In an interim report following its intervention on 31 March, the regulator said early...
What the Conservatives, Labour and Ukip aren’t telling us about UK energy
Dave Cockshott, chief commercial officer at Inenco, asks why energy took a back seat at this autumn’s political party conferences.
Ahead of the general election,...
Small businesses missing out on energy savings
New research reveals that while small business owners are concerned about the price of utilities, more than half (52%) of SMEs - 2.54 million...
Wholesale gas product for mid-sized business users
Business energy supplier Vayu today launched a new gas product allowing mid-sized gas users* to take advantage of cheaper prices available in the wholesale...
Stark contrasts…winter is still coming
By Serge Mazodila, lead trader of LG Energy Group
With a complacent mindset and a “steady as she goes” summer 2014 trading attitude, European energy...
‘Open for Businesses’
Creating innovative energy products that our customers want, delivering an excellent customer experience, and providing transparent products and solutions backed up by relevant, timely...
Businesses brace for change as EMR goes live
As the UK moves into the next phase of the Electricity Market Reform (EMR), Darren Lennon, head of strategic sales at npower, urges businesses...
Can supply contract terms be negotiated?
By Ben Dhesi, co-founder and head of energy management, Pulse Business Energy.
When settling a supply contract for a London law firm this month we...
Energy market analysis
water energy & environment’s regular section brings you an eight-week overview of the latest analysis of the power and gas markets from Energy Trader...
A day in the life of an account manager
Delivery of leading account management services is helping the way we perceive energy brokers and consultants. We asked Charlotte Fowler, head of account management...
Working with businesses for budget certainty
With non-commodity elements now making up between 40-50% of electricity bills, and with many of these costs being associated with the evolving energy policy...
Complacent traders of the summer… winter is coming reports LGEnergy Group
A steadfast Bearish start to the summer trading season, a result of the colossal quarter one 2014 sell-off, has kept many market participants at...
Energy Market analysis
water energy & environment’s regular section brings you an eight-week overview of the latest analysis of the power and gas markets from Energy Trader...
Energy budgeting: more important and difficult than ever
The founder of the famous consulting firm Mckinsey & Co, James Mckinsey, first highlighted the importance of budgets as not just “a ledger activity”...
A kingdom united or a country on the fracking brink?
The discovery and introduction of the unconventional gas from shale rock formations, has dramatically altered the landscape of the US energy market. The development...
Entries now open for the Energy Awards 2014
The Energy Awards are back for 2014 and bigger than ever. This year we have revamped the 15 categories and moved to a bigger,...