Britons ‘overpaid £7.2bn on energy bills over two years’

A new report has found that the UK and Italy have paid the highest gas spot prices during the period of energy crisis

UK’s plan to cap renewables’ profits touted windfall tax ‘announced in haste’

Solar Energy UK has said the government’s proposed revenue cap gives a “very poor signal” to investors

UK Government reveals final EMR plan

The Government has published its ambitious package of measures which it hopes will attract £110 billion worth of investment from the private sector and support 250,000 jobs by 2020. The Electricity Market Reform (EMR) Delivery Plan sets out DECC’s final decision on strike prices for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) for renewable technologies. CfDs will support […]

Guest Blog: Jo Butlin – Is opportunity for energy buyers and renewable generators lost?

When opportunity knocks, so the saying goes, you’d be unwise to ignore the rap on the door. Unfortunately under one of the Government’s new electricity market schemes the opportunity to hook up energy end users directly with renewable generators could well be lost. With forward energy prices likely to continue being volatile through this decade […]