"Dormouse" Ed Davey's energy statement "lacks real solutions"

Ed Davey’s annual energy statement today “lacked real solutions” for rising energy bills and hard-pressed householders in the country. That’s according to environmental campaigners and consumer groups who made it clear they weren’t happy with the Energy Secretary despite his plans to hold a competition review on the UK’s energy market and make switching easier […]

Ed Davey defends 'rigged energy market' claim

Energy Secretary Ed Davey dismissed claims the energy market was “rigged” today by announcing tougher measures to boost competition. He also dangled the prospect of  “criminal sanctions” for anyone found manipulating energy markets. Giving the annual energy statement to the House of Commons this morning the Lib Dem minister declared: “This Government has equipped the […]

Clubbing together to switch could save £131 on bills

Clubbing together to switch energy suppliers could cut big chunks off your bills a new DECC report has found. The study examined 27 collective switching schemes from across the country which received funding as part of DECC’s Cheaper Energy Together programme. It found the 21,000 households who switched saved a total of £2.7 million – […]

Fixed energy contracts have "hidden costs"

Energy contracts that are fixed “are not what they claim to be” and could have “hidden costs” attached to them. That’s the warning from ENER-G Procurement, which suggests fixed contracts could include “third party charges” such as delivery network and environmental taxes and levies. The firm is advising businesses to check the small print as […]

Wind used to clean Scottish water

Six 5kW wind turbines installed at two waste water treatment works run by Scottish Water have been given the go ahead to start generating. The R9000 turbines manufactured by Evance have been installed at plants in Broadford on the Isle of Skye and Raasay. Another three turbines are set to be installed at the Portree […]

CHP use stalls in Europe

The use of combined heat and power (CHP) in Europe has stalled according to figures released by Eurostat – the body responsible for providing statistics for the EU. Its 2013 Statistical Pocketbook showed CHP’s share of electricity generated in the EU fell from 11.7% in 2010 to 11.2% in 2011. Although capacity rose by 0.4%,  […]

Hungary-Slovakia gas link to begin trials in 2014

A gas link more than 70 miles long connecting the networks of Hungary and Slovakia will begin trials in the middle of next year and start regular distribution in 2015 according to the Hungarian government. Peter Szijjarto, Hungary’s State Secretary for external economics made the announcement following a meeting of the Hungary-Slovakia joint economic committee […]

Blog: YouTube GamerGran catches the energy mood…

Who do you associate video games with? Surely not the elderly? It’s the youngsters who pretend to save the world from all kinds of evil in their little fantasy world right? Well, that’s not the case this time. One such person, surprisingly, is a grandma (unlikely to be the sort to invite you in for […]

Firm pays £1.2m for rights to use fuel cell in Thailand

The waste to energy firm Waste2Tricity International has secured the rights to use a fuel cell designed by AFC Energy in Thailand in a £1.2 million deal. Waste2Tricity uses a process called plasma gasification to turn rubbish into synthetic gas, which contains hydrogen. The hydrogen can then be converted into electricity by the fuel cell. […]

Fukushima owner blocked from restarting other reactors

The owner of the Fukushima nuclear plant TEPCO has been blocked from restarting reactors at another plant by Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) according to reports. Japan has been nuclear free since September, when the last of its reactors was shutdown. Referring to a request by TEPCO to restart reactors at the plant for a […]