Energy industry

UK energy suppliers to spend £500m to cushion pain of rising bills

Energy suppliers will spend £500m helping customers with their energy bills this winter, after the government helped broker a deal involving 12 of the biggest companies in the UK.Suppliers...

E.ON must pay £14.5m to prepayment customers after billing failures

The energy regulator has ordered power supplier E.ON Next to pay £14.5m in compensation to nearly 250,000 prepayment...

Shell’s successful appeal will not end climate lawsuits against firms, say experts

A court ruling in favour of Shell does not spell the end of climate litigation against companies, legal...

Heat from sewers, tube and Thames could soon warm London buildings

About 1,000 London buildings including the Houses of Parliament and the National Gallery could soon be warmed by...

About 1,000 London buildings could be warmed by UK’s largest heat network

About 1,000 London buildings including the Houses of Parliament and the National Gallery could soon be warmed by...

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...

‘This is the future’: why turbines that float could be the new wave in British wind power

Head 10 miles out from the coast of Aberdeen in Scotland and a cluster of five giant wind turbines spin at a height of...