Energy Providers Should Insulate Every UK Loft Say CCC

Government climate change advisors have said that energy providers should be made to insulate every empty loft and cavity wall within the next four years in order to cut emissions. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says forcing energy companies to insulate all empty lofts and cavity walls in the UK will help to cut carbon emissions in the country. The chief executive of the CCC, David Kennedy, said ... More

British Gas Set To Announce Gas & Electricity Price Increase

As expected, it looks as though British Gas is about to increase gas and electricity prices over the next couple of weeks. Ever since ScottishPower increased gas and electricity prices a few weeks ago, Utility Exchange has been warning that other utility companies or the “big six” as they are known, would follow suit. Now British Gas has warned that it expects to increase energy prices within the next ... More

Sainsbury’s Announces Wind Energy Plans At Royal Highland Show

Over 41,000 people attended the first day of the Royal Highland Show this year where Sainsbury’s announced it is going to generate enough wind energy to power all of its stores and depots in Scotland. The supermarket, Sainsbury’s, announced at the Royal Highland Show that it planned to generate enough electricity from sources of renewable energy, to power all of its Scottish stores and depots, by 2012. Sainsbury’s already generates ... More

Train Services Cancelled As Heat Affects Overhead Power Cables

In the winter it’s the wrong type of snow and in the autumn it’s because leaves are on the line but train services have been cancelled today because the heat has affected overhead power lines. Trains from London Liverpool Street station to Suffolk and Essex have been cancelled today because the heat has affected the overhead power lines which carry electricity to power the locomotives. Temperatures are expected to ... More

Britain’s Biggest Solar Array Connects To Grid And Supplies Business Electricity

The biggest solar energy farm in Britain has started to generate electricity and is now connected to the national grid and supplying business electricity. The solar array at Howbery Business Park in Oxfordshire can generate as much as 682MWh a year of renewable electricity. It’s the first large scale solar array to be feed into the national grid. There are 3,000 panels which make up the solar array and will ... More

British Gas Gets New Electric And Solar Powered Cars

British Gas has taken possession of two fully electric and solar powered cars to be used by staff at offices in Staines and Windsor. The two sites use sources of renewable energy to power the vehicles. They have solar powered charging canopies which will provide the electricity needed to charge the Nissan Leaf vehicles. British Gas is keen to use more electric vehicles and announced it intends to have 1,000 ... More

UK Wants Ireland To Build West Coast Wind Farms

The UK wants Ireland to build wind farms off its west coast with links to the UK to help it meet its clean energy targets. There are plans to expand electricity grid connections throughout the whole of the British Isles including links to electricity grids in both Ireland and Britain. These would help to transmit the power generated by coastal wind farms back to Ireland and Britain. The plan called ... More

Oil Prices Fall As IEA Releases Emergency Supplies

Oil prices fell yesterday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) opened its emergency reserves on to the market but it looks like motorists won’t benefit from the fall. The International Energy Agency agreed to release 60m barrels of oil to make up for the shortage of supplies as a result of trouble in the Middle East and North Africa. However, Opec has criticised this so called political intervention. It’s only the ... More

ScottishPower Announces New Lower Business Electricity Prices

Utility Exchange has been reporting on rising business electricity prices and gas prices for some time now but ScottishPower has today announced lower business electricity prices. The new lower priced business electricity prices are valid from today. On average they are 7% lower for 3 year customers and 3% lower for 1 year customers. Lower prices are obviously good news in the current climate of rising electricity and gas ... More

Can Ofgem Shake Up The Energy Market?

Ofgem seems to be determined to shake up the energy market and has warned the “big six” energy providers that it will scrutinise their tariffs over the next few months. The Government has warned that Ofgem could be disbanded and it may be this that’s spurred Ofgem into taking action. Ofgem has threatened the “big six” energy suppliers that it would take action for a number of years now ... More

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