Energy industry

UK’s smart meter targets leaving energy users short-changed, says Martin Lewis

Energy customers are being short-changed by “perverse” government targets to install electronic smart meters in homes across the UK, according to the consumer campaigner Martin Lewis.Lewis, the founder and...

Oil demand growing at slowest rate since height of pandemic, says IEA

The world’s demand for oil is growing at its slowest pace since the height of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Grangemouth oil refinery to close by end of June, putting 500 jobs at risk

The owners of the Grangemouth oil refinery have confirmed it will shut by the end of June next...

BP extends use of AI in five-year deal with spy tech firm Palantir

The oil and gas supermajor BP is to use artificial intelligence to speed up the decision-making of its...

Oil firms vow to fight judicial review of North Sea oil and gas projects

Two of Europe’s biggest oil companies have vowed to fight two legal cases brought by environmental campaigners against...

Drax to pay £25m after regulator finds wood pellet reporting failures

The power generator Drax has agreed to pay £25m after the energy industry regulator found it had submitted inaccurate data on the sourcing of...

Drax to pay £25m after Ofgem finds inaccurate sustainability data

The power generator Drax has agreed to pay £25m after the energy industry regulator found it had submitted inaccurate sustainability data on the sourcing...

Support planned for UK households struggling with winter energy bills

Ministers have committed to help households struggling with their gas and electricity bills this winter after energy industry bosses warned that consumer debt had...

Green groups urge Ed Miliband to scrap Drax subsidies

More than 40 green groups have called on Ed Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in...

Ministers urged to step in to save UK firms struggling with high energy costs

Ministers have been urged to intervene to prevent businesses struggling with gas and electricity costs from going bust, as bills are forecast to be...

Police acting as ‘private security’ for Drax power station, say climate activists

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have accused police of acting as “private security” for the UK’s biggest carbon emitter after dozens of pre-emptive...