The Competition and Markets Authority has announced a draft of proposals that are the result of an 18-month investigation into the energy sector…
Continue ReadingOne the biggest gas and electricity companies in the UK, Npower, is poised to announce around 2,500 job cuts both overseas and in…
Continue ReadingEDF’s chief financial officer, Thomas Piquemal, has left the company following conflict over the decision to push forward with construction of the Hinkley…
Continue ReadingThe government has announced that it will be removing subsidies previously granted for solar thermal energy technology on the grounds that it is…
Continue ReadingCapacity Market Auction: Extended Subsidies to Secure Supply
Written by Danny Lord in Energy Suppliers Government Policy
Amber Rudd has announced that increased subsidies will be offered to electricity suppliers from the capacity market auction, and penalties for those providers…
Continue ReadingThe head if the UK’s largest energy lobbying group, Energy UK, has called for Britain to take lessons from Germany’s Energiewende [energy transition]…
Continue ReadingUS: Cutting Emissions Could Save 175,000 Lives by 2030
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
A paper published by Duke University in North Carolina has claimed that if the US work on dramatically reducing their carbon emissions generally…
Continue ReadingA warning to consumers has been sent out by the International Energy Agency stating that the current cheap oil prices are not set…
Continue ReadingThe latest figures from Ofgem showed that over the course of 2015, more than 6 million households across the UK switched to a…
Continue ReadingCentrica owned energy giant British Gas reported a 31% increase in 2015, bringing the total to £574 million for the year, compared to…
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