Energy Auction: wind power cheaper than gas

12th September 2017 | Commercial Energy

The UK Government awarded contracts worth £176m to 11 low-carbon electricity schemes, with offshore wind the big winner. These projects will generate nearly 3% of UK electricity demand. Two offshore wind schemes won contracts at record-lows of £57.50 per megawatt hour (MWh). This puts them among the cheapest new sources of electricity generation in the…Read more

New windfarms to become far cheaper than Hinkley Point, experts claim

11th September 2017 | Commercial Energy

Windfarms around Britain’s coast will beat the planned nuclear power station Hinkley Point on price when the winning bidders for a £290m-a-year pot of government subsidies are announced to Monday, experts predict. Such a milestone would mark a dramatic cost reduction for a technology that was once far more expensive than atomic power, and could…Read more

Landfill in England to run out in seven years

8th September 2017 | Recycling

England now has 6.8 years left of non-hazardous landfill life, based on 2016 inputs, according to the Environment Agency. Newly published data for 2016 from permitted waste management operators in England shows a current overall picture of waste management in the country. It shows a steady increase in waste treatment capacity in England between 2009…Read more

Electricity network firms’ profits add £10bn to bills

7th September 2017 | Commercial Energy

The six companies that run the cables bringing electricity to homes and businesses across the country made annual average profit margins of 32 per cent over the last six years, a new analysis concludes. The equates to about £10bn on the nation’s collective energy bill over six years (2010-2015), or around £27 per home per…Read more

Better energy efficiency measures could cut UK costs by £7.5bn

6th September 2017 | Commercial Energy

More efficient use of energy in the UK would save as much power as could be generated by six new nuclear reactors and shave £7.5bn from energy costs, experts have calculated. But to achieve such savings would require substantial changes to government policy because there are few incentives for households to carry out the necessary…Read more

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