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Jan18

Smart Meter Installations Down 27% in 2020

Written by Lauren Smith in Smart Meters

Just under two million smart meters were installed last year after the pandemic and social distancing restrictions forced energy companies to pause non-emergency…

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Jan15

Energy Switching Down 2.3% Last Year Amid Pandemic

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

493,000 households moved to a new energy supplier last month, a fifth (21%) more than December 2019, according to data from ElectraLink.

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Jan14

Electricity Prices Hit Record High as Cold Snap Looms

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

Wholesale electricity and gas prices have soared as the UK braces for a blast of subzero temperatures next week—and consumers will eventually feel…

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Jan12

Renewables to Be World’s Dominant Power Supply by 2025, IEA Says

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy

Globally, renewables will be the dominant source of electricity generation by 2025 “at the latest,” ending coal’s 50-year reign, the International Energy Agency…

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Jan11

Vehicle-to-Grid Charging Could Save Power System £900m

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

Technology that recruits electric vehicles as battery storage could cut the cost of the electricity grid by £900 million per year and slash…

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Jan08

British Gas Engineers Begin Five-Day Strike

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Thousands of British Gas engineers and call centre staff began a five-day strike yesterday, in protest of the energy supplier’s controversial “fire and…

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Jan07

Top-Up Delays Leave E.ON Pre-Payment Customers Without Heat or Power

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Some E.ON prepayment energy customers are being left without heat or power after problems with the supplier’s online payment systems delayed top-ups from…

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Jan06

Good Energy Launches New Tariff for EV Drivers

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Renewable supplier Good Energy is launching a new time-of-use tariff aimed at drivers of electric vehicles, providing cheap off-peak electricity.

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Jan05

Ecotricity to Source Geothermal Electricity

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers Renewable Energy

Renewable energy supplier Ecotricity has reached a “pioneering” agreement to purchase electricity derived from the hot granite rocks in Cornwall, marking the first…

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Jan04

Tyne and Wear Village to Be First on Public Gas Grid to Use Hydrogen

Written by Lauren Smith in Renewable Energy

More than 650 homes in a small village near Newcastle will become the first in the UK to be heated with a mixture…

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