British Gas: Free electricity on Saturdays?
The energy supplier British Gas is in the process of offering some of it’s electricity consumers free power on Saturdays. The idea behind the project is to encourage more use of electricity on the...
View ArticleFind out how much electricity each household device uses
Belkin is currently in the process of creating a device that allows electricity customers receive itemized bills showing how much electricity each one of your household devices uses. This will allow...
View ArticleUK’s Carbon Trust to help Brazil Olympic Games Energy Planning
The Carbon Trust will be using it’s vast knowledge and experience to help Brazil manage its electricity during the 2016 Olympic games in Rio, Brazil. They will be holding a series of workshops in the...
View ArticleNew hydrogen production method could pave the way for cheaper domestic and...
A team of scientists believe that they have stumbled upon one of the biggest breakthroughs in the environmentally friendly fuels industry, they have created a hydrogen production plant that works by...
View ArticleFormer Minister Nick Herbert expresses his fracking concerns
The former Tory Minister, Nick Herbert has today expressed his concerns over fracking and how this technique of extracting natural gas could spread all across the beautiful British countryside. His...
View ArticleNew rules for business energy brokers
A new study has shown that around half of business owners value the help from business energy comparison brokers to help find and negotiate the most competitive gas or electricity prices. In a recent...
View ArticleNPower to stop automatic rollover energy contracts
NPower are going to stop offering rollover contracts from April 2014, they will also be offering small and medium sized businesses more choice in allowing these companies to manage the cost of their...
View ArticleNorth Sea is set to be a carbon dioxide storage site
The UK’s National Grid has just completed its first test in the North Sea, drilling for a new and innovative carbon dioxide storage site. The National Grid is a multinational gas and electricity...
View ArticleTwo big energy suppliers to simplify energy bills
Two of the biggest energy suppliers in the United Kingdom, SSE and Npower have both committed to design their energy bills in a way that is easier to understand. NPower have gone through an eighteen...
View Articlenpower customers – 11% rise in electricity standing charge
The chief executive at one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers npower, gas confirmed that 2,000,000 of their customers will see a 11% standing charge rise for electricity. This means that these...
View ArticleFuel poverty gap has risen again
Any domestic households that are struggling with their energy bills now face an even bigger gap between the total cost of their energy bills and what they can actually afford to pay. As a result of...
View ArticleDisgraced ex-minister Chris Huhne gets senior role as US energy firm
Three months after getting out of prison the former Lib Dem energy minister Chris Huhne has landed a senior role with an american energy firm. The former energy minister has been hired by the american...
View ArticleNo cancellation charges for British Gas customers wanting to switch tariff
Any domestic customers that are signed up with the energy supplier British Gas will no longer have to pay cancellations fees if they want to switch tariff before their contract is up. This is of course...
View ArticleGo Green And Save Money Both At Home & At Work
Whether you are running a business or are a domestic consumer, being more energy efficient and ‘green’ can offer you the opportunity to shrink your monthly or quarterly bills whilst also helping to...
View ArticlePitfalls of Switching Suppliers
Switching energy supplier for your gas or electricity in the workplace can be a confusing situation to find yourself in. You may not know that if you do not terminate your contract at the appropriate...
View Articlenpower changes to comply with Ofgem’s energy market reform
One of the biggest energy suppliers npower has made changes so that they comply with the energy market reforms made by Ofgem, this is well before the December deadline that they have set. To comply...
View ArticleDavid Cameron makes environmental groups go green in the face with anger
The Prime minister David Cameron has released a statement saying that the UK should not worry about the environmental concerns around fracking. He wants the people of the UK to accept fracking and...
View ArticleE.ON warns that more gas fueled power plants could close
E.ON is a German energy firm that has a leading market share in the UK domestic and business energy market. They have today released that they have had a 15% drop in profits for the first half of this...
View ArticleCuadrilla are unlikely to drill for oil in Balcombe
The people protesting against the fracking test drilling site in Balcombe a village in West Sussex, are relieved that the company behind the drilling, Cuadrilla, have said it is unlikely they will...
View ArticleEnergy company plans to extract coal gas from under the Loughor Estuary
There has been a meeting of in excess of 100 local people from the LLanelli area to share views about plans that an energy company is making to extract coal gas from under the Loughor Estuary using a...
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