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Sep14

UK Needs to Add 100GW of Renewable Power and 30GW of Storage for Net-Zero Goal

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy

The UK must deploy an additional 80GW of solar power and 20GW of wind power, backed by 15 to 30GW of battery storage,…

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Sep11

Nuclear Clean-Up Bill Has Increased by £3bn, Spending Watchdog Says

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

Estimates of the cost of cleaning up a dozen of the UK’s earliest nuclear sites have increased by £2.7 billion since 2017 and…

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Sep10

Bristol City Council Sells Off Energy Supplier

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers

155,000 domestic customers of Bristol Energy will be transferred to Together Energy after the council-owned supplier was sold for £14 million.

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Sep08

Brits Spend More on Tech Bills Than on Utilities

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Mobile

You may gripe about your energy and water bills, but you’re likely spending more each month on tech services, which you might think…

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Sep07

Octopus Energy to Take on Customers of Effortless Energy

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

Octopus Energy will take on the 2,500 domestic customers of Effortless Energy after the small supplier ceased trading.

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Sep04

UK Power Grid Balancing Costs up 96% in July

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

The cost of balancing supply and demand on the UK’s grid hit £139 million in July, as coronavirus restrictions continue to depress electricity…

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Sep03

Nuclear Industry Vows Lessons of Hinkley Point C Will Bring Down Cost of Future Plants

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

The cost of constructing new nuclear power stations could be cut by 30% by the end of the decade, the industry has claimed.

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Sep01

Third of Mobile Customers Are Overcharged for Handset Bundles

Written by Lauren Smith in Mobile

One in three customers with bundled mobile contracts are still being charged for their handsets after they have technically paid them off, Which? magazine has…

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Aug31

Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station to Close in 2021

Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity

EDF will close its Hunterston B nuclear power station next year, at least a year earlier than scheduled.

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Aug28

British Gas Pays £1.73m for Botched Transfer to New Top Up Service

Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers

British Gas failed to inform around 270,000 prepayment energy customers it was changing top-up provider and minimum top-up spend and will pay £1.73…

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