Author Archive for New Power

Greens future? Octopus launches farm tariff

Green energy tech supplier Octopus Energy for Business has launched two dedicated tariffs for ’vertical farmers’.  Vertical farming takes place in indoor facilities where crops are grown on a series of levels in a precisely-controlled environment. Sounds niche? Octopus’s new tariff comes as…

Grants available for local energy projects

Grant applications are invited for a share of up to £30 million from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to develop local energy systems for UK communities. The aim is to create a pipeline of highly innovative, ambitious and investable local energy system designs that…

E.On has to withdraw ’70-year history’ advert

The Advertsising Standards Authority has told E.On that it has to withdraw regional press advertisements comparing itself to energy companies going out of business. The company said it was “70 years old and still going strong” but a complainant said that…