Ecotricity Invests In Sea Power
Ecotricity, the green energy supplier is adding sea power to its portfolio of renewable energy generation.
Ecotricity is working on a new device called Searaser which will harness the constant power of the sea and will be able to generate green electricity on demand.
The device has been invented by a Devon engineer, Alvin Smith. It uses the power of ocean swells to generate electricity. It ...
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Wind Power Passes 6GW Threshold
Wind power has passed the 6GW threshold according to RenewableUK, which represents renewable energy industries.
The UK wind sector has reached an installed capacity of 6GW which is enough renewable electricity to power almost 3.5 million homes and small businesses.
The threshold of 6GW was reached with the Ormonde offshore wind farm, situated off the coast of Cumbria. This is currently generating around 120MW of electricity ...
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Opus Energy Poll Finds Cost Deters SME’s From Renewable Energy
Research by Opus Energy has found that many UK small and medium sized businesses (SME’s) would like to buy their business electricity and gas from sources of renewable energy but are deterred by the cost.
A poll of SME’s in the UK found that only 12% of businesses are buying renewable energy and that the rest are put off by the cost. Business electricity prices have ...
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Energy Firms May Owe Consumers £Millions
The consumer group Which? reports that energy firms could owe consumers millions in compensation as complaints against the Big Six energy providers hit four million last year.
A survey by the consumer group Which? showed that 40% of consumers have had cause to complain about a gas and electricity supplier over the last two years. The majority of problems came from inaccurate billing and metering ...
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Energy Leaders Say Costs Will Not Come Down
According to leaders in the UK energy industry energy costs are not going to come down.
The chief executive of npower and the chief executive of National Grid said it wasn’t possible for energy prices to drop in Britain because commodity prices keep increasing.
Volker Beckers, of npower said “We see that commodity prices go up and we now reduce our dependence on commodity costs, so ...
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Last Of The Big Six ScottishPower Cuts Gas Prices
ScottishPower has become the last of the Big Six energy suppliers to cut energy prices by announcing it will cut gas prices by 5%.
ScottishPower has announced it will cut its gas prices by 5% from 27 February. The energy company says this will cut the bills for around 1.4 million domestic gas customers.
ScottishPower is the last of the Big Six energy providers to cut ...
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E.ON Cuts Electricity Prices By 6%
E.ON has become the fifth big energy company to cut prices and announced a 6% cut in electricity prices today.
E.ON has announced its cutting its standard electricity prices by 6% from 27th February. The energy supplier said the cut will mean the average energy bill will be cut by £31.
Last week we saw EDF Energy, SSE, British Gas and npower cut prices and it ...
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Big Energy Week Starts Today
This week is Big Energy Week, part of a campaign by Citizens Advice to help people start saving money on their energy bills.
Advisers across the country will this week help consumers to cut down on the amount they spend on heating and lighting their home. Big Energy Week is supported by Consumer Focus, Which?, EnergyUK, energy suppliers, charities, comparison sites, Ofgem and the Government.
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Small Energy Providers Top Which? Survey
The consumer group Which? has released its satisfaction survey results and top of the list are the smaller energy providers, Good Energy, Ecotricity and Ovo Energy.
According to the 2012 Which? Switch energy satisfaction survey Good Energy is the best energy supplier followed by Utility Warehouse, Ecotricity, Ovo Energy and Ebico.
Looking at the results it’s clear to see that it’s the smaller energy suppliers who ...
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Npower Joins EDF & SSE & Cuts Gas Prices
The fourth Big Six energy supplier npower has today announced a 5% cut in gas prices for customers on standard and capped tariffs from the beginning of February.
So far we have seen cuts in gas and electricity prices from three of the Big Six energy providers, EDF Energy, British Gas and SSE. Today, npower has joined them and announced a cut of 5% in gas prices.
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