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  • New US energy efficiency standards for commercial fridges

    New US energy efficiency standards for commercial fridges Mar 03, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Energy Efficiency 0 Businesses in the US are expected to save $11.7 billion (£7bn) on their energy bills by implementing the new efficiency standards set for commercial refrigeration equipment. The Department of Energy estimates the standards will also help cut carbon emissions by […]

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  • Chancellor urged to cut fuel duty by 3p

    Chancellor urged to cut fuel duty by 3p Mar 03, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil 0 Campaigners are calling on Chancellor George Osborne to reduce fuel duty by 3 pence across all vehicle fuels in the Budget. New figures suggest UK drivers are suffering from the biggest fuel tax burden in Europe as they […]

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  • Energy firm continues anti-fracking crusade

    Energy firm continues anti-fracking crusade Mar 02, 2014 Vicky Ellis Coal, Gas Oil, Sustainability Environment 0 Image: Thinkstock Green energy company Ecotricity is turning up the heat on its anti-fracking crusade. Next week it is launching a film about shale gas showing a set of fracking chimneys flatulently expelling gas. The film has a tag […]

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  • SmartestEnergy retains top spot for customer satisfaction

    SmartestEnergy retains top spot for customer satisfaction Mar 02, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 Business energy supplier SmartestEnergy has topped the table again for customer satisfaction among large energy users. It is the fourth year in a row the company has headed the table which assesses performance across areas including procurement, billing, account management […]

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  • Wind business ticked off for cheeky leaflet

    Wind business ticked off for cheeky leaflet Mar 01, 2014 Vicky Ellis Low Carbon, Policy Legislation 0 Copyright: Thinkstock A Welsh wind power developer has been ticked off by the Advertising Standards Agency for a naughty claim on a leaflet. The Agency agreed with a complaint about West Coast Energy’s leaflet which suggested wind turbines […]

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  • Guest Blog: Mervyn Bowden – What’s happening with Display Energy Certificates in the private sector?

    Guest Blog: Mervyn Bowden – What’s happening with Display Energy Certificates in the private sector? Mar 01, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Policy Legislation 0 Perhaps the question should have been “So what’s happened with Display Energy Certificates (DECs) in the public sector?”… where they were originally implemented in 2008 – over five years ago. The be […]

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  • The Daily Market Report – 28th February 2014

    The Daily Market Report – 28th February 2014 Feb 28, 2014 Amber Smith Market Report 0 Find out what’s influencing gas supply, power prices and what you should watch out for in the new daily market report on the energy market from Tom Matthews, Client Portfolio Manager on the Optimisation desk at npower. Market, npower, […]

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  • Energy UK: Suppliers are owed far more cash in unpaid debts

    Energy UK: Suppliers are owed far more cash in unpaid debts Feb 28, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Policy Legislation 0 Power firms are owed far more money from former customers as a result of unpaid debt, the trade body for the energy industry said. Regulator Ofgem today called on the Big Six – British […]

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  • Smart grid ‘routemap’ for UK published

    Smart grid ‘routemap’ for UK published Feb 27, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Smart Data 0 A new “routemap” which sets out how smart technologies can give consumers better control over their energy use, support jobs and increase security while saving billions of pounds has been published. Created by DECC, the Smart Grid Forum – which brings […]

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  • IEA: More renewables make economic sense

    IEA: More renewables make economic sense Feb 27, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Low Carbon 0 Integrating higher shares of renewable energy in power systems can come at “little additional cost” in the long term, the IEA has confirmed. Its new report suggests that although managing the transition to around 30% of annual electricity production […]

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