UK reportedly mulling energy rationing campaign

Reports claim that Whitehall officials have already discussed a campaign to encourage Britons to cut their energy consumption

UK could pay £420m for keeping coal-fired power stations open this winter

National Grid ESO has confirmed it has agreed on contingency contracts with four coal units

Energy industry responds to UK’s first ever red extreme heat warning

UK’s network infrastructure is designed for extreme temperatures, according to the Energy Networks Association

‘Net zero will more than double Australian energy bills’

A new report claims closing coal-fired power stations isn’t the way to go

Kwasi Kwarteng: “Completely unacceptable that there are still homes off power”

The Business and Energy Secretary said it is ‘frustrating’ 3,900 are still without power in the North East

Storm Arwen battered one million homes and businesses

More than 65,000 homes and customers remained without power on Monday afternoon

‘We could have rolling blackouts this winter’

The CEO of commodity giant Trafigura said Europe is currently facing gas supply issues

A Question of Balance

Why balancing the grid has been getting more expensive

MEPs back new rules to make power market ‘cleaner’ and prevent blackouts

They have adopted four new laws on the EU electricity market under the Clean Energy for All Europeans package

Blackouts ‘could cost UK businesses £2.8m each’

Medium-sized UK businesses without energy resilience strategies are risking an average of £2.8 million each year in damages and lost opportunities. That’s among the findings from Centrica Business Solutions’ new report, which is based on a survey of more than 300 organisations across the UK and Ireland. When questioned, senior decision makers who had not […]