Once again customers are being urged to switch energy supplier to take advantage of the cheapest deals. It’s good advice. Switching numbers are increasing as so-called ‘white label’ brands enter the market. Some are apparently supplied by familiar names like…
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GoCompare tool lets consumers calculate household energy use by the second
by Annabel Andrews •
A new microsite created by comparison website GoCompare gives users the chance to input the number of electrical devices being used throughout their home in order to calculate, in real time, how much money they are spending on energy by…
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Energy storage firms need certainty on future frequency response capacity, SmartestEnergy says
by Annabel Andrews •
SmartestEnergy has called for the National Grid to provide more certainty on future frequency response capacity in order to drive the emerging energy storage sector. SmartestEnergy consulted 45 battery storage innovators in the lead up to the first Enhanced Frequency…
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Wales’ oldest wind farm gets consent for repower
by Annabel Andrews •
Rhyd-y-Groes Wind Farm has received planning consent from Anglesey County Council to be repowered. The current 24 turbine site, built off the north-west tip of Anglesey has been generating power for 24 years making it Wales’ oldest wind farm. Plans to replace…
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Development consent granted for Hornsea Two offshore wind farm
by New Power •
The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has received development consent from business and energy secretary Greg Clark. When complete, the windfarm will provide up to 1,800MW of low carbon electricity to around 1.8 million UK homes. The windfarm would create…
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Meter error causes significant errors in bills for at least 600 gas customers
by Annabel Andrews •
Gas suppliers are investigating their consumer meters after E.On discovered that around 600 of its residential and small business customers have been incorrectly charged for gas, due to metric meters being incorrectly registered as imperial meters or vice versa. This…
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Teesside biomass plant reaches financial close
by New Power •
Macquarie Capital and Macquarie Commodities and Financial Markets have reached financial close on £900 million of funding for a 299MW biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant on Teesside. Developed by MGT Power, Tees REP is claimed to be the world’s…
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Record number of electricity customers switched in July
by Annabel Andrews •
Over 300,000 (333,653) people switched electricity supplier in July, which is a record high for July and a 22 per cent increase from July 2015. This brings the total number of electricity switches to over two and a half million…
Perspective
How can we ensure domestic electricity pricing is smart and fair in future?
by New Power •
Sustainability First’s Jon Bird looks at the results of time-of-use charging trials in energy and water and finds that there are winners and losers. It may be impossible to make it fair for everyone, but we must tackle the extremes, he says