Ofgem has published new licence obligations for energy firms that install smart meters, or Advanced Domestic Meters (ADMs), in domestic properties throughout the UK. Regulating the energy industry...
Energy supplier E.ON has vowed not to raise standard gas and electricity prices after SSE announced a price hike despite generating huge profits last year. SSE caused outrage last month when it...
A start-up business in County Durham hopes to save money for households that use solar photovoltaic panels. Home Solar Saver Co., established by Ian Reed and his wife Lindsey, deploys special...
In a move the company is calling "regrettably unavoidable" SSE, the UK's second largest energy provider, has announced plans to subject their customers to a 9% rise in their gas and electricity bills...
A scheme which has helped vulnerable residents keep warm for the past 12 years is celebrating after hitting 75,000 referrals. Established in 2000, npower's Health Through Warmth scheme was set...
It might come as a surprise to some but a recent survey into smart meters has revealed that home owners are more likely to trust energy suppliers and even consumer bodies like Which? than the...
An engineering professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States claims to have discovered a way to artificially emulate the heliotropism observed in sunflowers. If proved...
Residents of North Kilworth, a small village nestled in the leafy south Leicestershire countryside, have taken part in an innovative scheme to embrace energy efficiency. Establishing a Community...
Local authorities across the UK are urging households to take advantage of free cavity wall and loft insulation initiatives before time runs out. On Tuesday, Insulate Hampshire gave away just...
Following hot on the heels of British Gas announcing a 23% rise in earnings last month, on Monday E.ON confirmed a 30% increase on its earnings in the first six months of 2012, £245 million compared...
An installer of solar photovoltaic panels has offered households in the UK an incentive to switch to green energy by supplying low-interest loans to homeowners. Domestic solar power has endured...
Although renewable energy technologies have come on leaps and bounds in the last couple of decades, a solution to economical energy storage remains a big stumbling block in the quest to generate more...
E.ON, one of Britain's largest energy suppliers, has revealed the results of a survey that aimed to better understand families' energy habits during the summer. Some of the findings revealed...
The energy efficiency market in the UK is set to be revolutionised once the Government's Green Deal insulation scheme is introduced. Today the Department of Energy and Climate Change has given...
Sainsbury's, one of Britain's biggest and most popular supermarkets, has laid claim to the title of operating Europe's largest solar array. Featuring a total capacity of 16MW, the array consists...
Despite its potential the Government's revolutionary home insulation scheme, the Green Deal, is likely to fall flat on its face without urgent reforms say green and consumer groups. The warning...
According to the latest Solar Guide press release solar PV remains a really good investment providing attractive returns. On 1st August the solar feed-in tariff in the UK endured yet another round...
On Wednesday, the Feed-In Tariff was cut for the second time this year, reducing the rate paid to households for solar-generated electricity from 21p kWh to 16p kWh. Despite the cut, industry...
It's been almost six months since the UK's biggest energy suppliers lowered their energy costs but in light of the £350 million pre-tax profit achieved by British Gas for the first six months of the...
Community-based organisations can now apply for funding to install renewable heating systems such as heat pumps, biomass boilers and solar thermal hot water under the Government's £8 million...
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