UK ‘needs fewer big suppliers’ not more

Fewer, bigger energy suppliers would improve competition in the market and bring bills down – almost the total opposite of current plans to shake up the energy market. That’s according to a consultant from Ernst&Young who points to figures regulator Ofgem has calculated showing suppliers’ fixed costs for operating can be around £500million. By shaving […]

USA knocks China off top renewable perch

The United States has knocked China off the top perch in a table which ranks nations on how attractive they are for renewable energy investment. The US reclaimed the top spot in Ernst&Young’s latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices (RECAI) after surprisingly losing out to China a couple of years ago. China dropped into second […]

Davey confirms smart meter push back as tipped by ELN

Today the Energy Secretary did as we reported earlier in the week, confirming a delay to the “enormous” smart meter programme which will see 53million smart meters installed in 30million homes. As tipped by ELN on Wednesday, the Department of Energy and Climate Change is giving the Big Six energy firms an extra year to […]