9th August 2021 | Residential Energy
Higher bills in the short-term will be offset by longer-term financial gains from helping to tackle the climate crisis. Households may face short-term financial pain before reaping the longer-term rewards from tackling climate change. A UN report setting out the stark reality of the climate crisis warns that humans are unequivocally driving global warming. Here…Read more
7th August 2021 | Commercial Energy
The UK’s climate chief said humans were ‘dangerously close’ to running out of time to avert catastrophic levels of warming. The world is getting “dangerously close” to running out of time to avert catastrophic climate change, Cop26 President Alok Sharma has said. Mr Sharma – who is tasked with making a success of the upcoming…Read more
6th August 2021 | Residential Energy
Rising gas and electricity prices could push up energy bills by at least £139 for 15 million households across the UK from October Ofgem has said. The price rises could create a “perfect storm” as families grabble with price hikes alongside rising inflation, the Universal Credit reduction and the end of furlough. Here, Consumer Producer…Read more
4th August 2021 | Commercial Energy
Uniper has announced plans to end generation at its coal-fired Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant in September 2024, a month before the UK Government’s legal requirement to do so. The Nottinghamshire-based plant has four 500MW units. Under Uniper’s plans, one will come offline in September 2022 and the remaining three will be taken offline two years later….Read more
2nd August 2021 | Commercial Energy
Over the past few weeks, the intensity and scale of the floods from slow-moving storms have broken records, and climate models are running hot. This has prompted some to champion nuclear power as a source of lower-carbon electricity. But this newfound USP needs to be considered within the bigger picture because UK coastal nuclear power…Read more