A fuel poverty charity has launched a campaign today to raise awareness of the growing number of UK households struggling to meet the costs of heating their homes. For more than 25 years the...
The Green Deal launched on Monday amid much fanfare, but is the Coalition's flagship environmental policy fit for purpose? Will the initiative reduce carbon emissions in the UK? Do energy consumers...
A YouGov poll of more than 5,000 energy consumers in the UK has revealed a startling fact: proportionally few people have heard of the Green Deal, which is scheduled to launch on...
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has been encouraged to restore a tax on large-scale home improvements that was dropped in December. The so-called conservatory tax was established to...
Data published by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows that global investment in renewable sources of energy contracted in 2012. The figures suggest that governments around the world may have...
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has noted its concern over sales techniques employed by some domestic installers of solar photovoltaic panels, cavity wall insulation and other green products. The...
Data published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) suggest that some parts of Wales have embraced solar PV technology more readily than others. DECC calculates that more than...
A survey published by the Guardian has revealed that upfront assessment fees may discourage homeowners from ordering work designed to improve domestic energy efficiency under the Green Deal. The...
The Coalition has been accused of causing unemployment in the insulation sector. The Insulation Industry Forum (IIF) blamed the government for disappointing figures published last week. According...
One of the UK's biggest energy providers E.ON looks set to be the first of the Big Six to have met all of its energy efficiency targets set by the Government and ahead of schedule too. The energy...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that the UK is on course to meet its environmental targets. A report published on Thursday suggests the country will generate...
TV shows are well known for tackling controversial and hard hitting storylines and now viewers of Britain's longest running soap opera Coronation Street are to be educated about the dangers of faulty...
A survey has revealed that 36 per cent of people in the UK who own solar photovoltaic panels struggle to receive subsidies on time. Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) were introduced by the UK government on...
Actions speak louder than words for one of the UK's biggest energy suppliers, EDF Energy, who have pledged to make sure their most vulnerable customers are automatically transferred to the cheapest...
A report published by the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) claims as many as 300,000 more households in the UK will suffer from fuel poverty this winter. Fuel poverty is said to occur when a...
With a smart meter roll-out set to replace around 53 million electricity and gas meters over the next six years the Government has established a set of rules designed to protect the privacy of all...
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advises the British Government on important climate-related issues, has contradicted the Coalition's own research by claiming reliance on gas as a source...
E.ON has followed the lead of the five other leading energy firms in the UK by announcing plans to increase energy tariffs. The energy firm, one of the so-called Big Six, had resisted the...
Households have been reminded to request a free energy display whenever a smart meter is installed by their energy supplier. Zoe McLeod, who heads the Smart & Sustainable Energy Markets...
Researchers in the United States have published details of a new lighting technology that promises greater efficiency and reliability than fluorescent light bulbs. The team at Wake Forest...
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