16th May 2018 | Commercial Energy
A parliamentary committee has said government policy changes have caused a “dramatic … collapse” in investment: one which threatens to derail legally binding targets. The area which the committee was criticising the government about is clean energy and climate change targets. The Environmental Audit Committee has released a report into clean energy. Called “Green finance:…Read more
14th May 2018 | Residential Energy
British Gas owner Centrica lost more than 100,000 accounts in the first four months of the year as increased competition continues to see customers desert bigger energy firms. Centrica revealed that it lost a total of 110,000 UK energy supply accounts in the period, partly due to what it called “competitive intensity”. However, the company…Read more
11th May 2018 | Recycling
Europe has sent just over half the plastic waste it used to ship to China to other parts of Asia since Beijing’s environmental crackdown close the world’s biggest recycling market in January. The knotty problem is what to do with the rest. Some of the surplus is piled up places from building sites to ports,…Read more
9th May 2018 | Commercial Energy
Government and industry should boost investment in technology to promote the use of hydrogen as a way of storing energy, which would make the UK energy system greener and more efficient, according to a new report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. The technology would allow the gas grid to be used to store excess…Read more
8th May 2018 | Residential Energy
British regulators have launched an in-depth investigation into the tie-up between the retail power unit of SSE Plc and Npower, owned by German’s Innogy, saying it may reduce competition and increase prices for some households. The merger would create Britain’s second-largest retail power provided and reduce the “Big Six” dominating the market to five companies…Read more
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