3rd May 2019 | Commercial Energy
A new report says the UK could release net-zero greenhouse gases by 2050 if people stopped overhearing their houses, flew less and cut back on meat. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), which advise the UK government, have announced that it’s completely possible for the UK to have net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Greenhouse…Read more
2nd May 2019 | Commercial Energy
An almost tenfold increase in offshore wind power could be required to help the UK achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The massive jump from 8GW today to 75GW in 31 years’ time would require roughly 7,500 turbines, said the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in its new report for the government. The expanded capacity…Read more
27th April 2019 | Residential Energy
SSE, one of Britain’s biggest gas and electricity suppliers, is scrambling to find a buyer or merger partner for its £1bn retail division months after scrapping a tie-up with rival Npower. Sky News has learnt that SSE – formerly known as Scottish & Southern Energy – has held preliminary talks with a number of other…Read more
19th April 2019 | Recycling
The head of a leading marine charity has written to bosses of 10 UK supermarkets urging them not to derail an “all-in” deposit return scheme for bottle and cans. Marine Conservation Society (MCS) chief executive Sandy Luk warned the retail chiefs that some companies and manufacturers seem keen to thwart the introduction of a comprehensive…Read more
18th April 2019 | Residential Energy
Unresolved complaints about switching now outnumber those relating to poor customer service, Energy Ombudsman figures show. Issues arising from switching supplier are now second only to billing, with the ombudsman handling 1,026 switching complaints in the last quarter of 2018 – a 14% year-on-year increase. Over the course of last year, the ombudsman completed investigations…Read more