British Gas to stop supplying energy to its biggest business customers

The company has allegedly made this decision as soaring energy costs are diminishing profit margins

New York offers $15m for industrial and commercial carbon challenge

Project proposals could employ a combination of energy or manufacturing process efficiency strategies, carbon capture technology, renewable energy generation or energy storage

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Macquarie sells I&C smart meter portfolio to Energy Assets Group

It has divested Cortex Metering Solutions (CMS), a Meter Asset Provide in the UK I&C sector with more than 600,000 meters rented to more than 80 energy suppliers

Rolls-Royce agrees to sell civil nuclear I&C business to Framatome

It includes Rolls-Royce’s activities and teams based in France, the Czech Republic and China but excludes its civil nuclear business or small modular reactor activities in the UK

British Gas adopts Vlocity cloud software

The firm says the move will accelerate the digital transformation of business processes and help deliver superior customer experiences

Energy consultancy creates new I&C division in Preston

An award-winning energy consultancy which has grown to be one of the UK market leaders has opened a base in Preston.

Total appoints new I&C director

Mark Rose will be responsible for sales to industrial and commercial (I&C) customers and the public sector

Shell plans to enter UK power market

Shell Energy Europe has announced plans to enter the UK power market. It has applied for a licence to supply electricity to industrial and commercial businesses in Britain. The oil giant plans to start signing them up now to start providing them with power early next year. Jonathan McCloy, General Manager North West Europe at […]

Industrial gas prices shrank a tenth in spring 2014

Cheaper wholesale gas has seen the gap between UK power and gas prices shrivel in 2014. The shrinking wedge appears clear from recent statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change. The average cost of gas was 12.6% lower in April to June 2014 than the same year before. Meanwhile average electricity prices for […]

Tackling the energy trilemma a ‘tough challenge’

It is a “tough challenge” to tackle the nation’s energy trilemma of providing security of supply, reducing carbon emissions and energy costs, according to the Managing Director of DONG Energy Sales UK. Mike Hogg (pictured) told ELN people need to understand that the UK does face an energy trilemma. He added: “Whichever position you approach […]