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Only 35 per cent of people own a smart meter, the latest Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) public attitudes tracker has found.
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URE Energy is in danger of having its licence revoked within the next three months after the supplier failed to comply with a final order issued by Ofgem in March.
Industry experts have said it is “highly likely” that URE Energy ceased trading in December last year after failing to pay it renewables obligation certificates (ROCs).
A study by Baringa Partners, launched at the Smart Energy Northern Ireland conference in Belfast, has spelled out the benefits consumers receive from growing adoption of renewable energy. Starting near zero in 2000, total wind generation capacity is expected to hit 1.4GW in Northern Ireland by 2020.
Technology firm Verv has announced it has raised over £6.5 million in its series A funding round led by environmental fund Earthworm.
Designing Scotland’s electricity system so that it can run purely on renewable energy would require tens of billions of pounds worth of investment in battery storage or continued reliance on carbon emitting gas plants, according to modelling carried out by EDF.
Energy industry regulator Ofgem has extended the derogation it has given to three renewable energy suppliers in relation to the standard variable tariff (SVT) price cap.
Renewable UK has announced it has launched a new industry group setting out the floating offshore wind industry’s strategy for large-scale deployment of floating wind farms in the UK.
Renewable energy supplier Bulb has announced a new partnership with environmental company Climate Care.
Ofgem has announced the mutualisation ceilings for the 2019-20 obligation period are £293,831,481.82 in England and Wales, an increase of £9.3 million on the year previously.
Bristol Energy has announced it has procured a one-year contract to supply Bristol City Council with power for the next year.
Professor Dieter Helm has admitted he was "amazed" about the lack of debate over how big a proportion of policy costs contributed to the recent energy price cap hike.
Octopus Energy Business Solutions has announced it is offering 100 per cent green tariffs to business customers through a partnership with Bolton-based Love Energy Savings.
Bath-based Pure Planet has announced it is reducing membership fees to £151 below the default tariff cap.
The Office of National Statistics’ (ONS) has found the UK low carbon and renewable energy (LCRE) economy grew by 6.8 per cent to £44.5 billion in 2017.
A division of oil giant Shell has partnered with UK renewable energy company Anesco on a battery storage project at the Bacton gas terminal site near Norfolk.