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ISUPPLY energy Ltd is to pay £1.5 million after the supplier overcharged around 4,400 of its customers on default tariffs, according to Ofgem. The price cap for 11 million customers on default tariffs came into force on 1 January 2019. All suppliers are required to charge their default tariff customers at or below the level of the cap to ensure...

PARTNERSHIP between Lidl and Pod Point is expanding to 300 rapid electric vehicle chargers, which means over a third of all Lidl stores will have rapid chargers by 2022. Currently, Lidl already has over 40 stores with rapid chargers across the UK and has powered more than 6.9 million electric vehicle miles. Ingo Fischer, Chief Development Officer for Lidl GB, said:...

WIND speeds across the globe have increased rapidly over the past decade signalling good news for the renewable energy industry, scientists say. New findings have shown that a worrying trend of decreasing wind speeds since the 1970s, a phenomenon known as global terrestrial stilling, has now been reversed with a significant increase observed since 2010. Slower wind speeds, which had been...

Energy Systems Catapult and the Energy Innovation Centre have launched their new online ‘UK Testing Facilities Map’, which allows users to discover testing facilities for energy innovations across the UK in just a few clicks. Liam Bolton, Innovation Community Lead at Energy Innovation Centre, said: "We are really excited to launch our interactive map of UK testing facilities alongside the...

YORKSHIRE Water has awarded Clean and Waste Infrastructure and Customer Focused Infrastructure frameworks with a combined value of £650m. The £400m Infrastructure Networks framework covers the delivery of infrastructure pipeline projects for both clean and wastewater assets. The £250m Customer Focused Infrastructure Works framework involves the delivery of programmes of work including internal flooding, lead replacement and minor works packages. Mark Baker,...

EUROPEAN Green Deal, a plan for Europe to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050, was unveiled by the European Commission at the United Nations' Climate Change Conference COP25 this Wednesday. The European Green Deal is described as a 'roadmap' of policies and measures which range from cutting emissions to investing in research and innovation, as well as preserving...

MORE than a quarter of UK energy emissions is generated from energy which is lost or wasted, new Schneider Electric research finds. Ambivalence towards energy waste permeates every facet of UK life, new research conducted by Schneider Electric has found. The firm has calculated that at least 117 million tons of UK emissions were created in 2018 by wasted energy: energy...

CENTRICA'S Cornwall Local Energy Market has won its fifth industry award of 2019. On 27th November, the Local Energy Market claimed the best ‘Clean Energy Scheme’ title at the Regen Green Energy Awards. The Cornwall Local Energy Market, part funded by the EU Regional Development Fund, is a  £19m trial to test out a range of smart energy solutions, the findings...

WHOLESALE energy prices have plunged by more than 30 per cent over the past year, with business customers having a chance of making savings. Changes in wholesale prices are largely driven by global factors such as fluctuating exchange rates and weather events. Following the general election result, the Pound recorded a three-year high against the Euro when the GBP/EUR exchange rate rose...

ANGLIAN Water has finished installing its largest solar array across their operational sites at a Water Recycling Centre in Jaywick, Essex. Working with renewable energy company HBS, the solar installation is the company’s biggest to date, made up of 3312 solar panels. The scheme will generate 36% of the site’s energy consumption and reduce carbon emissions by over 300 tonnes in...