The market forces that pushed coal offline for five days in April

3rd May 2018 | Commercial Energy

April 2018 saw three consecutive days without coal-fired power generation, from 10:00 on 21st to 13:30 on 24th. This record run came in a month that also had a two-day period without coal, from 16th to 19th. The UK carries an uplift to carbon prices that amounts to around £18 per tonne of CO2 and…Read more

Subsidy-free solar powers UK’s renewable energy attractiveness

1st May 2018 | Commercial Energy

Despite a large drop in renewable energy investment in 2017, the UK has climbed three places in a ranking of the world’s most attractive renewable energy markets for investors, thanks to a move towards subsidy-free solar PV. The UK has been ranked seventh in the latest bi-annual Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) from consultancy…Read more

Public support for renewables hits record high as clean transition powers forward

30th April 2018 | Residential Energy

Public support for renewables in the UK has hit record high levels while fracking remains unpopular. The news comes in the same weeks that the country has its longest coal-free period of power generation in modern history. A staggering 85 percent of people in the UK support renewable energy, with just three percent opposed to…Read more

Households overpaying on electricity bills, claims Citizens Advice

27th April 2018 | Residential Energy

UK households are overpaying for their electricity following Ofgem-set price controls that have resulted in excess profits for distribution companies, a charity has said. Citizens Advice said households are “footing the bill for billions of pounds in excess profits” made by electricity distribution companies – the firms that own and operate the system of cables…Read more

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