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- What is R-Value, U-Value and how do they relate to insulation? Wed, 3 May 17, 10:09amHow the R-value of a buildings insulation or home is calculated and the factors that effect the final R value, and how to use it.
- Move all energy policy costs onto gas says ESNZ Committee Wed, 4 Nov 26, 8:51pmIn short, they have finally admitted that the cost of decarbonising the electricity grid is appallingly high, contradicting all the lies we have been fed for years of how renewable energy is cheaper and would reduce our bills.
- Control of Britain’s 39m smart meters passes to non-profit startup Tue, 3 Nov 26, 5:13amThe handover marks the end of a 13-year licence for Smart DCC, a subsidiary of Capita, after years of spiralling costs and delays
- How will John Healey’s energy support package affect you? Thu, 29 Oct 26, 4:00pmChancellor’s ‘new course’ includes a £100 one-off payment, low-carbon upgrade loans and an end to standing charges
- Homes across UK to get low- or no-interest loans to fund solar panels and heat pumps Wed, 28 Oct 26, 4:28amGovernment-backed Warm Home Loans scheme to help households cut energy bills by hundreds of pounds
- Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests Sun, 18 Oct 26, 5:00pmWarm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds
- Cost of balancing Great Britain’s power grid reaches nearly £50m a day Fri, 16 Oct 26, 2:55amGrid operator paying large sums to switch off windfarms in areas of excess electricity generation while turning on gas plants elsewhere
- Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending Mon, 12 Oct 26, 4:00pmExclusive: Some of £2bn savings needed from energy budget expected to come from boiler upgrade scheme, sources say
- ‘We need less point scoring’: What party conference season taught us about UK climate action Sun, 11 Oct 26, 5:00pmTories plan to scrap low-carbon housebuilding, Greens back new nuclear reactors, and Labour put oil-drilling decisions on hold
- The zero-bills home: how one family is beating the energy price hikes Thu, 1 Oct 26, 3:00pmThe Naylors’ four-bedroom home in Milton Keynes acts like a mini-power station after retrofitting solar panels, a battery and a heat pump
- Burnham promises to roll back privatisation with government-backed grid plan Tue, 29 Sep 26, 7:33amExclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
- Burnham to announce government-backed body to invest in electricity grid Tue, 29 Sep 26, 5:00amExclusive: Creation of GB Grid will be major step towards putting Britain’s utility companies into public control
- ‘They will bow’: energy secretary challenges Reform and Tories – podcast Tue, 29 Sep 26, 5:03amSpeaking to Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey at the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Miatta Fahnbulleh, the energy secretary, said a mark of her success or failure would be whether she could get bills down and said she...
- UK chancellor urged to remove ‘hidden taxes’ from energy bills Fri, 11 Sep 26, 10:37pmBusinesses, charities and other groups sign letter calling for levies to be paid by the government
- Speed up electricity grid upgrade or else face higher bills, warns UK watchdog Fri, 11 Sep 26, 3:00pmNational Audit Office says failure to implement £70bn modernisation would also hold back economic growth
- Government must prioritise heat pump installation to tackle climate chaos | Letter Fri, 28 Aug 26, 2:37amColin Hines says Andy Burnham’s focus should be on drastically cutting fossil fuel use in a way that reduces bills and generates secure jobs