German researchers look for better ways to store green energy
German researchers are looking for new ways to store renewable electricity and gas, but they say their efforts are being stopped because of the German Feed In Tariff. The Feed in Tariff subsidies in...
View ArticleEgypt trouble could increase the business gas prices
Experts are predicting that the trouble in Egypt could potentially increase the business gas price. Many of the larger oil companies are already withdrawing workers from that area. The two oil giants...
View ArticleWastewater site temblors are being triggered by distant earth quakes
Research has shown that earthquakes can be found at the waste water injection sites, these are triggered by earthquakes that happen on the other side of the world, even if they are thousands of miles...
View ArticleRWE Npower warns of £100 a year rise more than government projections
RWE Npower has recently warned consumers that they think energy bills are set to rise around £100 more than the government have recently predicted. They have released details that in short say the...
View ArticleEnergy customers are waiting on the phone for over 30 minutes
A recent survey has shown that energy firms are keeping their customers, both domestic and business hanging on the line for up to thirty minutes at a time. The survey taken by the consumer group...
View ArticleHinkley Point £3.2m yearly deal granted
A massive £3.2m package has just been offered to the communities that surround the Somerset, Hinkley Point, nuclear power plant. This deal is set to last for forty years. There is several different...
View ArticleReduction in home efficiency targets revealed
The government has just revealed a massive reduction in the efficiency targets for new homes that are built in Wales. The welsh building regulations will now only require an 8% cut in carbon emissions...
View ArticleSugar could potentially help the worlds energy needs
Hydrogen has been known for some time to make a high efficient fuel being three times more energy efficient than petrol that we use every single day. The space agency Nasa has used hydrogen as a fuel...
View ArticleGenerous tax break for fracking industry revealed
Most of the UK’s environmental groups are not happy as George Osborne have unveiled a thirty percent rate for the companies extracting shale gas via the fracking process in the United Kingdom....
View ArticleEnergy suppliers shot themselves in the foot by cold-shouldering renewables
Has anyone else noticed that a proportion of the large UK energy suppliers are giving renewables the cold shoulder? Do you think there recent drop in share prices might have some sort of correlation...
View ArticleMobile App from British Gas is now available
The energy supplier British Gas is trying to win over a new breed of tech savvy energy consumers with the launch of a new app. This app can be used by any of British Gas’s customers on their smartphone...
View ArticleCuadrilla hopes for new Sussex drilling permit
Cuadrilla the fracking company has applied for a permit so that they can drill an exploratory well in the Sussex area. The permit request has been sent to the Environment Agency (EA) and the fracking...
View ArticleCuadrilla granted permit to start drilling for oil
The well known fracking company Cuadrilla has been granted the waste permit they needed to start drilling for oil in the village of Balcombe, West Sussex. The shale gas company obtained the permit and...
View ArticleHow Should Business Energy Comparison Be Approached in 2013?
Each year can represent a new challenge for your business. This will obviously vary greatly depending on the type of business you run but one thing is sure, there will be changes necessary to the way...
View ArticleCustomers do not know how energy suppliers make their profits
Energy consumers in Britain still do not know how the energy suppliers make their profits and the industry regulator, Ofgem are not being tough enough on the companies within the industry. A groupe of...
View ArticleEurope’s biggest battery could help power the United Kingdom
There is going to be trials run on europes biggest battery and the ways in which it can help power Britain. The new top of the range technology will be trialed in Leighton Buzzard and is set to save...
View ArticleHow Best to Compare Business Electricity Prices During a Recession
The economic downturn has now been rumbling on for more than four years and has made a lot of us very frugal indeed. This is of course a very good thing for any business as keeping costs down and...
View ArticleEnergy suppliers targeted by MPs over confusing energy tariffs
The UK based energy suppliers are being targeted by MPs because of massive shortfalls in the ways that they are explaining why the energy prices are rising. As a result of the lack of communication the...
View ArticleBritish Gas is urged to freeze its gas and electricity prices after record...
The energy supplier British Gas is being urged to freeze its prices on gas and electricity after it saw record profits for the first half of this year. British Gas made 3.2% more profits from its...
View ArticleIndia and China set to drive worldwide energy useage
Experts have predicted that the total energy consumption combined across the globe will see a hike of 56% over the next thirty years. Most of this growth is expected to be from India and China because...
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