Will switching change make a big difference?
With the news that the Big Six energy suppliers have not passed on wholesale price falls to domestic energy customers there has been much interest in the news that Ofgem is to slash the...
Author: Pl Andr Robson
Share, improve, save and inspire – Go LEEN!
Living a ‘lean’ lifestyle is the latest fashion for many. This way of living is all about being healthy and active: drinking green smoothies for breakfast, eating like our hunter-gatherer ancestors by following the...
Bill Payer, Tax Payer and Tax Break subsidised energy
Energy Minister Michael Fallon says that if the Conservatives win the next generation they will no longer subsidise new onshore wind-farms, saying “… we now have enough bill payer-funded onshore wind in the pipeline...
Ofgem finally gets smart
Ofgem has finally buckled under consumer and political pressure and is now going to refer the energy market to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).It says that “A market investigation will once and for...
Biogas – Sustainable energy or just hot air
Biogas seems to have been in the news a fair bit recently, with a major feature on Sunday’s Countryfile as well as George Monbiot writing for the Guardian. These features focused primarily on the food versus fuel...
Putin unwittingly boosts European renewables
As Europe prepares to debate the future of renewable energy policy, the Russia-Ukraine crisis should be a wake-up call for the European Council. The 28 heads of state and government of the European Union...
New Nuclear….high stakes, high costs
On 7th March the European Commission published in the Official Journal an invitation to submit comments in the next month on the investment contract for Hinkley Point C. The UK Government has reacted by...
Are some green tariffs greener than others?
It was my birthday last week and my friends took me out to see the Lego movie (it is lots of fun, very clever and faintly subversive).But, as we waited to see the film...