6th April 2021 | Commercial Energy
The amount of carbon dioxide produced by Britain’s electricity network fell to its lowest level yet at lunchtime on Monday, the National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has said. A combination of factors including sunny weather, blustery wind and low power demand due to the closure of workplaces over the Easter Bank Holiday saw carbon…Read more
3rd April 2021 | Commercial Energy
Right from the beginning of nuclear power – the first commercial nuclear reactor was built at Windscale in Cumbria in 1956 – it was controversial due to issues of safety, cost and the long-lived and toxic waste it produces. Even so, nuclear energy continued to expand globally until the 1990s, since when it has all…Read more
1st April 2021 | Residential Energy
From today (April 1), fifteen million households will see their energy bills increase by £96 a year. In February it was announced suppliers can pass on the rising cost of gas and electricity to customers. Energy regulator the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) declared that its price cap for the 11 million British…Read more
31st March 2021 | Commercial Energy
The island of Yell has begun utilising the tech to charge its cars, pushing Scotland towards its target of net-zero emissions by 2045. Cars in the Shetland Islands are now being powered by tidal turbines in a first for Scotland’s push towards a low-carbon future. Tidal turbine technology is feeding directly into an electric vehicle…Read more
30th March 2021 | Commercial Energy
Thirty of the UK’s FTSE 100 companies have signed up to the United Nation’s Race to Zero campaign – the largest ever global alliance committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050. The tally of firms committing to the pledge has doubled in the past five months, said UK Energy Department BEIS. The companies…Read more
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