Electricity switching was down 15% last month compared to May 2019, as worries about the coronavirus crisis drew customers’ attention away from their…
Continue ReadingNational Grid ESO confirmed that the UK has reached another milestone in its journey away from coal power, operating without the fossil fuel…
Continue ReadingGovernment-Backed Trials Show How EVs Can Balance Electricity Grid
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
A government-funded trial of Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology has successfully demonstrated how real-time data can allow electric vehicles to act as distributed…
Continue ReadingLow Electricity Demand During Lockdown Puts Stress on National Grid
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
Dampened energy demand during lockdown could force operators to switch off wind farms and power plants, or risk overloading the electricity grid, National…
Continue ReadingCustomers signed up to smart energy tariffs were paid to use green electricity during the day for the first time on Sunday, as…
Continue ReadingUK Has Cut Emissions by 45% Since 1990
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Environment Renewable Energy
A renewable energy boom and the retirement of coal power stations have driven the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions down by 45.2% since 1990,…
Continue ReadingUK’s Largest Power Station to Stop Burning Coal by March 2021
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire will stop burning coal next March, after nearly fifty years as one of Western Europe’s largest…
Continue ReadingHouseholds Paid to Use Renewable Electricity Over Windy Weekend
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity Renewable Energy
Thousands of households earned money by consuming electricity over the weekend, as blustery weather blew the UK’s wind power to a new record.
Continue Reading42 Suppliers Failed to Meet Renewables Obligation Deadlines
Written by Lauren Smith in Energy Suppliers
Ofgem has revealed that 42 suppliers missed deadlines for making their full payments into the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme this year, leaving a…
Continue ReadingOfgem Seeks Information About Households Not Connected to Electricity Network
Written by Lauren Smith in Electricity
While you might assume that in 2019 all homes in the UK are powered by electricity from the National Grid, the energy market…
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