Octopus Energy doubles fixed export tariff amid high wholesale power prices
Octopus Energy has doubled its Fixed Outgoing tariff to help lower customers' bills as they head into winter. This will increase from 7.5p/kWh to 15p/kWh, with all customers on the tariff seeing their rate automatically changed from today (20 September). This
It will be ‘socially unacceptable’ for businesses not to have solar, says BeBa Energy
“It is going to become socially unacceptable for businesses to not to have solar on their roofs in the short to medium-term,” said Shaun Beattie, sales director of BeBa Energy, at the UK Solar Summit. With the growing need to
Electricity units set at 34.0p/kWh: Energy Price Guarantee details released by government
Following the official announcement of the energy bills freeze over the coming winter by Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday 8 September, the government has released the first details of how exactly it will work. From 1 October 2022, the Default Tariff
What does the Conservative Party really think about solar?
I spent some of August on trains across Europe, gazing out at vast swathes of parched earth, dwindled rivers and failing crops. Climate change was plainly in action across the entire continent. Then I glanced at social media to
Price cap set at £2,500 for two years as Truss unveils raft of measures to tackle energy crisis
The price cap is to be set at £2,500 for two years from October onwards, Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced as part of a range of measures designed to address the energy crisis. “Decades of short-term thinking on energy
77% of UK public support development of solar and wind farms to tackle the energy crisis, says Survation
The UK’s general public is overwhelmingly supportive in building new wind and solar farms in order to tackle the ongoing cost of energy crisis, according to Survation. Identified within polling released by Survation and commissioned by RenewableUK, the data showcased
What does the Conservative Party really think about solar?
I spent some of August on trains across Europe, gazing out at vast swathes of parched earth, dwindled rivers and failing crops. Climate change was plainly in action across the entire continent. Then I glanced at social media to
Solar panel sales boom as energy bills soar
The energy bills crisis has prompted a big rise in demand for solar panels. Just over 3,000 solar installations are being carried out every week, according to trade association Solar Energy UK, up from 1,000 a week in July 2020.
Dim decision: Huge rise in solar farm planning refusals
Planning application refusals for solar farms are higher than ever, despite the energy price crisis and the climate crisis. Planning permission for 23 solar farms has been refused across England, Wales and Scotland between January 2021 and July 2022, which could have produced enough renewable energy to power an