Australian roofs now have a solar power generating capacity equivalent to half the Snowy Hydro scheme as consumers react to soaring power prices and sinking prices for photovoltaic(PV)panels. First solar farm opens in WA Some 858,000 ...
Tags: Australian, PV, China, solar, energy
Almost nine out of every ten Brits will be rationing their energy use this winter in an attempt to swerve the much-publicised price hikes introduced by a number of the Big Six energy suppliers. According to new research undertaken by ...
Tags: energy, householders, energy suppliers, heating
A round of price hikes from two of the UK's biggest energy suppliers is expected to signal a further flurry of fuel increases that will hit some of Britain's most hard-up consumers where it hurts. Last week the UK's largest energy ...
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Smart electricity metering system design is looking to use completely novel power supply topologies,writes Tolga Aydemir. Smart electricity meters are big news a with cost savings promised for suppliers and consumers a but they ...
Tags: Smart Meters, Electrical&Electronics, SMPS, PSU, MOSFETS
Those doom-mongering Nostradamuses over at uSwitch.com this week revealed their consumer forecasts anticipate average household energy bills will top the£1,500 mark annually within the next three years-but it's not just the Big Six ...
Tags: Lights, LED, Energy Cost, Low Voltage
It's not an imaginative prank,creeping up on somebody in the street and,when they least suspect it,shouting"SURPRISE!"in their ear. However,according to consumer reports,that's exactly what the Big Six energy companies are up to-and ...
Tags: Creeping online energy prices, homeowners to be greener
OnStream,National Grid's non-regulated competitive gas and electricity metering business,has launched new electricity and gas smart meters,which it claims,will help the UK meet its renewable energy and carbon emissions targets. The new ...
Tags: OnStream, new electricity, gas smart meters, new meters, UK