The government's response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed that certain groups of people in the UK are discouraged from taking advantage of energy efficiency schemes such as the...
According to a group of householders living in Greater Manchester, saving the planet requires trust, but Britons no longer trust the energy industry, which is why interest in a co-operative retrofit...
Now into its sixth year, Greenpeace has recently published the results of its latest annual energy league table which recognises the greenest companies in the IT world. Google and Cisco have...
Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change Greg Barker has responded to a uSwitch survey on consumer energy debt, which found that approximately 20 per cent of households in the UK owe money to...
Research carried out by Which? has revealed that households in the UK could be set to pay even more on their energy bills if Ofgem goes ahead with plans to increase competition in the energy...
A pioneering scheme that aimed to provide the unemployed with training on energy efficiency has been described as a success by National Energy Action (NEA), which worked on the project alongside...
Customers of SSE have been urged to seek compensation after the energy supplier was fined £10.5 million by Ofgem. The energy regulator imposed the penalty after uncovering evidence of 'widespread'...
Several days after Centrica announced that it had agreed to import gas worth 10 billion from the United States, figures published by the British Government revealed that the UK's carbon footprint...
This time last year we reported that the Government had announced plans to delay the Renewable Heat Incentive until 2013. In what feels very much like a case of deja vu, we're having to report that...
A study carried out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has revealed that only 11 per cent of domestic energy bills can be affected by state policy. Following publication of the...
According to Energy UK, the organisation that represents the country's energy suppliers, an unseasonally cold March has left Britain in the midst of an energy crisis. A crisis that could, perhaps...
Scotland is set to benefit from £60 million of funding to target fuel poverty. The money will be distributed to local authorities to ensure that Scottish homes become more energy efficient. The...
The leading energy supplier in the UK, British Gas, has reported an increase in profits for 2012. The firm generated pre-tax profits of £606 million, an increase of 11 per cent from the...
British Gas, the leading energy supplier in the UK, has announced plans to create 1,000 green-sector jobs under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Spread over the next three years, the new roles...
A newly launched website is on a mission to help struggling energy consumers check to see if they are eligible to install a new boiler for free as part of a Government boiler grants...
Ofgem has warned that energy bills in the UK are expected to increase every year for the foreseeable future. The energy regulator made its prediction after the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)...
Is the Green Deal failing to generate interest among homeowners, or is the scheme not being advertised effectively? According to Philip Sellwood, the Chief Executive of Energy Saving Trust (EST), the...
Analysis of Britain's gas exports and imports has revealed that energy users in the UK are paying for imported gas at a higher rate than exported gas is being sold to foreign countries. Carried...
SSE, one of Britain's so-called Big Six energy firms, has offered to compensate customers as a matter of course if they receive substandard service. Keen to demonstrate its commitment to customer...
The Energy Saving Trust (EST) has published a report that claims landlords hold the key to a successful Green Deal. As the Coalition's flagship environmental policy, the Green Deal aims to reduce...
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