The Energy Action Price Index (Business) will give businesses granularity and transparency on retail electricity price fluctuations. The index will be published regularly throughout the year and is based solely on electricity contracts ...
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A total of 132 projects have been awarded a share of £46 million from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to help reduce fuel poverty, energy efficiency and encourage collective switching. This funding is set to be ...
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Trust in the energy industry to deliver genuine competition, protect vulnerable consumers, offer clear choices and promote environmental improvements that could be utilised has fallen dramatically among MPs. A new Ipsos MORI poll found ...
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The winter of discontent is set to continue for consumers as the last of the UK's big six energy suppliers - E.ON - hikes up the prices of its gas and electricity this week January 18th. Its prices will be increasing by 8.7 per cent, ...
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Stronger action is needed from Ofgem to ensure that energy customers get a fair deal, according to a committee of MPs. The MPs have called on the organisation to be less timid when it comes to dealing with "anti-competitive" behaviour by ...
Utility companies in Western Europe will spend $10.5bn on IT this year, of which over 62% will be invested in IT services. IDC Energy Insights expects IT spending by utility companies in the region to exceed $13bn in 2016, after average ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier K.K. (a subsidiary of Japanese energy business Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.) – the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules - and Iberdrola Ingenieria & ...
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With the spiralling fuel bills that come with the onslaught of winter worrying many householders paired with the range of price increases introduced by a number of energy suppliers this year, many homes are struggling to stay warm and light ...
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Switching your energy supplier could save homeowners between £200 and £300 on their annual energy bill, according to one leading energy efficiency service. As the National Energy Action's (NEA) Sarah Wright notes, a number of ...
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There is set to be as many as 300,000 more households in fuel poverty this Christmas than was the case last year,according to a government advisory group. The Fuel Poverty Advisory Group has called on the prime minister David Cameron to ...
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Plans to deploy smart meters in 30 million homes and businesses across the UK have taken a huge step forward after the government acknowledged new rules designed to protect consumer privacy. Suppliers will now not be able to use smart ...
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A team of IT undergraduates from the University of Warwickhave told Computer Weekly about a smart mobile application they developed as part of a competition between IT students at universities in Europe and India. The team of Computer and ...
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A major trial of smart metering technologies will be carried out in the Ipswich area to test long-range radio communications networks for connecting smart meters to energy providers. The trial is being carried out by Scottish Power, ...
The world is becoming increasingly connected, so the need for security and privacy is integral to modern society says Raj Samani, vice-president and CTO of McAfee Europe. With everything becoming connected, from smart meters to cars, ...
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Carbon reduction management agent partners with PassivSystems at launch of the UK's largest ever trial of home energy management systems and solar PV. Climate Energy has today launched SmartHomes2020, the largest trial of home energy ...
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