Portsmouth City Council is the first local authority to sign up to a new energy switching service from AgilityEco that’s designed to help local authorities and social landlords combat fuel poverty in their community. AgilityEco is working with Ofgem-accredited energy switching service UK Power to…
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Crimestoppers launches energy theft reporting phone number and website
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Crimestoppers has launched of a dedicated service for the public to help police and energy companies tackle the 150,000 cases of energy theft investigated every year. Crimestoppers has partnered with with all 96 of the UK’s energy providers and distributors to…
Ofgem proposes to cap installation charges for prepayment meters
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Energy companies would only be allowed to charge £100 or £150 for installing prepayment meters (PPMs) under warrant if new Ofgem proposals released for consultation today go ahead. The proposals also include plans to ban PPM warrant installation charges for the…
RES blames subsidy uncertainty for cuts to UK workforce
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Renewable energy firm RES has said the closure of the Renewable Obligation together with uncertainty over onshore wind’s access to Contracts for Difference (CfD) means it will be cutting its UK workforce, with the onshore wind development team reduced in size.…
Turbine for first commercial tidal array unveiled in Scotland
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Atlantis this week unveiled the first completed turbine for its MeyGen project at the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland. The project is set to be the world’s largest free stream tidal power project. The first fully assembled turbine, standing 15 metres tall and…
Ditch the EU’s Renewable Heat target to decarbonise heat, says think tank
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The UK government should complete re-think its approach to decarbonising heating, including scrapping the EU’s renewable heat target, according to a new report by think tank Policy Exchange. The previous government planned to decarbonise heating by fitting electric heat pumps…
Fear of disruption limiting DSR uptake by UK firms
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A survey industrial electricity users found that almost 90% are interested in earning revenue from demand-side response, but many fear disruption to operations and believe that their business processes are incompatible with DSR. Energyst Media’s 2016 Demand-Side Response polled more than…
Energy customer switches up 30% year on year
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More than 3.8 million customers switched energy supplier in the first half of the year, around a million more than the same period last year. In the first half of 2016, around 1.6 million domestic customers switched gas suppliers and…
PlanET Biogas UK to construct new AD plant in Shropshire
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PlanET Biogas UK has recently been contracted as technology provider for a 500 kWel AD plant in Shropshire. Bitterley Biogas AD plant near Ludlow will produce 500 kWel by digesting predominantly cattle manure from the surrounding farms. Eexcavation and concrete…
Gap widens between best and worst energy companies for customer complaints
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The gap between how well the best and worst performing energy suppliers are at dealing with customer complaints is the widest on record, according to Citizens Advice. The difference between the companies at the top and bottom of the table is…