Wholesale electricity and gas prices have soared as the UK braces for a blast of subzero temperatures next week—and consumers will eventually feel…
Continue ReadingRenewables to Be World’s Dominant Power Supply by 2025, IEA Says
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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…
Continue ReadingTechnology that recruits electric vehicles as battery storage could cut the cost of the electricity grid by £900 million per year and slash…
Continue ReadingA wind-swept Boxing Day helped wind power set a new record, providing more than half of the country’s electricity across a day for…
Continue Reading5.5 Million Households Switched Electricity Supplier in 2020
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Energy Suppliers
The electricity market was less active this year, with many lives and finances thrown into disarray by the coronavirus crisis.
Continue ReadingEDF Fined £6m for Misleading Grid about Electricity Generation
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EDF will pay £6 million after the energy regulator discovered it “frequently inflated” the minimum amount of power one of its plants could…
Continue ReadingEDF Energy has launched an energy tariff that will allow electric vehicle owners to recharge their cars for as little as £1.66.
Continue ReadingThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a study of the electric vehicle charging market to ensure charging is as “straight-forward” as…
Continue ReadingAll three of the remaining coal stations serving the British grid were fired up yesterday morning to meet a shortfall of electricity after…
Continue ReadingLargest Community-Owned Solar Farm to be Built in Oxfordshire
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Britons will have the opportunity to invest in a 19MW solar park in Arncott, Oxfordshire, the largest community-owned solar farm in the country.
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