Ignorance over energy bills is leaving many households over £400 out of pocket, according to a new survey which sees consumers clueless when it comes to their energy use. According to research conducted by moneysupermarket.com, nearly 40% of us apparently in the dark as to our monthly usage costs. Despite coughing up a considerable proportion […]
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At a time when many households are struggling to afford the ever-increasing cost of domestic energy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has published a study advising the UK Government to increase the rate of VAT on gas and electricity. Currently fixed at 5 per cent to shield low-income households from even higher […]
In the wake of Fukushima, it seems Japan is looking to alternative sources of energy as an energy-saving campaign seeks to spread support for limiting the country’s electricity consumption. Support for a media campaign – known as ‘setsuden’ – is growing across the country. Setsuden – which means power saving in Japanese – aims to […]
Regulator Ofgem has piled pressure on the leading energy suppliers in Britain by demanding an explanation of how bills straddling a price increase are calculated. The regulator has also commissioned a forensic accountancy firm to assess whether profits have been understated to justify the higher tariffs. Ofgem is aiming to ensure that customers are not […]
The world’s biggest manufacturer of wind turbines is set to create 2,000 UK jobs by building a wind turbine factory in Kent. Dependent on securing sufficient orders for its new 7MW V164 offshore wind turbine, Vestas will give the go-ahead for the development of a factory at a 70-hectare site at Sheerness in Kent, resulting […]
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Energy provider EDF Energy is to refund 100,000 of its customers, thanks to a billing error which resulted in gas and electricity bill over payments. Due to a seven year fault in the company’s automated telephone meter reading system – at a time when EDF changed its energy prices between October 2003 and May 2010 […]
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Less than two weeks after E.On announced a rise in its gas and electricity prices, npower has inevitably followed in the footsteps of other big energy suppliers and increased their energy costs. From the moment Scottish Power got the ball rolling back in June, announcing plans to hike their gas and electricity prices by 19 […]
Heating industry insiders are concerned that the Renewable Heat Premium Payment could be in danger of running out of funds, as well as creating a stop-start renewables installation programme. Despite receiving a warm welcome from the majority of the heating industry, that’s the concern expressed by Worcester, Bosch Group, who fear that the scheme is […]
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An innovative plan to generate clean electricity from a decidedly unclean source is at risk of being scrapped due to uncertainty over subsidies. It is feared that, unless the Government increases subsidies for renewable energy projects, Air Products will not go ahead with its plan to develop a large-scale gasification facility in Stockton-on-Tees. Planning permission […]
As a means of boosting the uptake of renewable heating technologies, social housing landlords will have the opportunity to enter a competition to install solar thermal panels, heat pumps and biomass boilers. Launched by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), the £3 million social housing element is part of the Premium Payment, the […]
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An insulation scheme, backed by the Scottish Government, is helping consumers to fight rising energy costs by cutting their fuel bills. Households in Angus have been reaping the benefits of a home insulation incentive which has seen energy efficiency measures implemented which would cut average energy bills by £51 a year. The scheme – run […]
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British Gas has announced plans to suspend its door-to-door selling, claiming the traditional cold-calling method is becoming outdated. With consumer groups and MPs alleging the sales technique puts unnecessary pressure on consumers to change their energy tariffs – often to deals that leave them even worse off – the energy provider will stop knocking on […]
A Dutch study to determine the impact of offshore wind farms on wildlife has turned up surprising results. Located off the Dutch North Sea coast, the offshore wind farm near Windpark Egmond aan Zee, was put under the spotlight by scientists at the Institute for Marine Resources and Ecosystem Studies at Wageningen University, who revealed […]
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The Government has given permission for two new biomass power stations to be built in the UK which will reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Yesterday the go-ahead was given to Drax to build two new power stations in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, which will employ hundreds of people and bring much-needed jobs to the area. Set […]
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We might not be able to prevent energy firms from hiking their energy prices, but ensuring our homes are well insulated can go a long way to helping alleviate skyrocketing energy costs. A well insulated property is the best form of defence when it comes to mitigating the price rises levid to gas and electricity […]
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Nuns at Europe’s largest monastery in Merseyside are to become more energy efficient, thanks to the installation of renewable energy technologies. Home to the Carmelite Sisters, construction has begun on the monastery at Maryton Grange in Allerton, Liverpool, which will see the nuns relocate from their present monastery in West Derby. The three storey building […]
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