Why UK Electricity Prices Are Undermining the Clean Energy Transition
If you’ve ever looked at your electricity bill and wondered how we can be drowning in wind power yet still paying eye-watering prices, you’re not alone. The UK is generating...
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Are Heat Pumps Still Affordable When Electricity Prices Rise?
For a long time, heat pumps benefited from a kind of economic tailwind. Electricity was relatively cheap, gas was politically unstable and the narrative was simple: heat pumps are efficient,...
Samsung’s Cold Shoulder: Should Heat Pump Manufacturers Be More Accountable?
A recent debate on the Renewable Heating Hub Forums raises the crucial question: should heat pump manufacturers take greater responsibility for fixing poor installations? Highlighting issues with Samsung's approved installers...
Rethinking Export Tariffs: A Step Towards Fair Compensation for Domestic Solar Energy Producers
Is it time to update export tariffs for domestic solar systems to reflect their true market value? Fairer compensation for solar energy fed back into the grid could boost renewable...
OVO Introduces New Heat Pump Tariff
OVO has announced a new heat pump tariff called Heat Pump Plus that will cut running costs by 50% to 15p/kWh. However, there is a catch: the Heat Pump Plus...
Energy price cap bills are NOT capped at £2,500
The way in which the message has been delivered by the media and press about the energy price cap has led to a lot of confusion. I’ve been inundated with...
Saving money on your electricity bill at home – an engineer’s guide
Discover practical tips for reducing your energy consumption and saving money on your electricity bills in the UK. Learn how to make simple changes to your daily habits and household...
Why don’t we revise the subsidies to get people off gas?
We are all supposed to be moving away from fossil fuels and into renewable sources of energy. That ultimately means we need you to use electricity. Why electricity? Because it’s easy...
Are you being overcharged by your electricity provider?
We recently interviewed Jon Fletcher, CEO of Big Clean Switch, and he told us that an astonishing 50% of homeowners in the UK haven't switched electricity providers in years, and...
Jon Fletcher explains what caused the 2021 energy crisis in the UK
CEO of Big Clean Switch, Jon Fletcher, explains why electricity tariffs have increased so significantly in the UK this year, leading to many suppliers going bust. Jon also talks about why...
