4 h. ago Electric bills 'could soar 20 per cent in the next five years', UK's top energy supplier warns

Rachel Fletcher, regulations director at Octopus, said the costs of Whitehall policies, including green levies to expand renewable power and nuclear, were increasing energy bills.

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10 h. ago Electricity prices set to jump 20% within five years, energy firm warns

Bosses also blamed ‘complex regulations’ for the UK having higher wholesale energy prices than some other European countries.

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12 h. ago Russia's two largest energy firms hit by fresh British sanctions as ministers vow to take Putin's oil 'off the market'

Rosneft and Lukoil have both been freshly targeted as part of a package of 90 new sanctions aimed at further squeezing the Kremlin's revenue streams.

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16 h. ago Martin Lewis recommends winter energy bill heating trick costing less than £10

Many in the UK are facing high energy costs as the country heads into the colder winter months

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35 h. ago Miliband: Clean power is right choice for UK to ‘bring down bills for good’

The Energy UK conference heard from leading politicians as consensus on climate action becomes increasingly fractured.

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39 h. ago GM to take a $1.6 billion hit as tax incentives for EVs are cut and emission rules ease

General Motors will book a negative impact of $1.6 billon in its next quarter after tax incentives for electric vehicles were slashed by the U.S. and rules governing emissions are relaxed

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51 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Crimea oil refinery burns as Russia feels effects on fuel supply

Glide bombs knock out power supply and hit hospital in Kharkiv; Zelenskyy lining up Trump meeting with Tomahawks hot topic. What we know on day 1,329An oil terminal at Feodosia in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula was burning on Monday after an attack by Ukrainian drones. A Ukrainian security official told Reuters on condition of anonymity that the drones, launched by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service and military special forces, hit at least five reservoirs. The source said drones also hit at least two Russian electrical substations on the peninsula, which Russia took from Ukraine in 2014.Large heat signatures around the Feodosia terminal were visible on Nasa’s satellite fire monitoring service, Firms, and Crimea’s Moscow-installed governor confirmed the fire. The Feodosia terminal also came under attack last week. Ukraine has launched more than 30 strikes on Russian energy sites since the beginning of August, aiming to hamper funding of the Kremlin’s war machine and also tri...

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55 h. ago The UN nuclear watchdog seeks a local truce to restore power to the Zaporizhzhia plant

Diplomats say the U.N. nuclear watchdog is pushing Ukraine and Russia to agree to local ceasefires so that external power can be restored to Ukraine’s huge nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia

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60 h. ago Greenpeace threatens to sue Crown Estate for driving up UK energy prices

King to see official income jump by over £40m this year largely due to ‘profits derived from offshore wind’, campaign group says

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65 h. ago Octopus Energy says 'save £80 per year' on energy by making a key change

Doors and windows are among some of the most common sources of draughts in a home

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65 h. ago UK energy company to dish out free electric blankets from this month

OVO Energy is offering free electric blankets to customers in need as part of a new support package

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68 h. ago UK energy company offers 'free electric blankets' to 4.5m customers from this month

OVO Energy has announced that it will be giving away free heated throws to those in need from this month as part of the its Extra Support Package

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68 h. ago UK energy company offering 'free electric blankets' to customers 'from this month'

OVO Energy has announced that it will be giving away free heated throws to those in need from this month

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3 d. ago Energy firms complete UK’s first ‘hydrogen blending’ trial to power grid

A 2% blend of low-carbon gas injected into gas grid to fuel Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire is a UK firstEnergy companies have injected green hydrogen into Britain’s gas grid and used the low-carbon gas to generate electricity, in a landmark development for the UK’s climate ambitions.For the first time in the UK, a 2% blend of green hydrogen was injected into the gas grid and blended with traditional gas to fuel the Brigg power station in North Lincolnshire which generated electricity for the power system. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Millions of UK households issued ‘prepare now’ warning by major energy firm

Temperatures are dipping as Britain heads into autumn

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4 d. ago Kaieteur Kitchen: Council offers evicted Castle Square restaurant owners a lifeline amid electricity row

Southwark Council are offering Castle Square businesses a payment plan to settle their arrears

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4 d. ago Power restored to Kyiv homes after Russian bombardment on Ukraine’s energy grid

Russia’s Defence Ministry stated its strikes had targeted energy facilities supplying Ukraine’s military

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4 d. ago Power restored to 800,000 in Kyiv after major Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy grid

Power was restored to more than 800,000 residents in Kyiv on Saturday following major Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid that wounded at least 20 people and caused widespread blackouts

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5 d. ago Ukraine war briefing: Power restored to Kyiv after Russia drone attacks

Zelenskyy says attacks targeted energy infrastructure as winter looms; boy killed as drones and missiles hit Zaporizhzhia. What we know on day 1,326Power was restored to 270,000 consumers in Kyiv after attacks from Russia knocked it out, Ukraine’s energy minister Svitlana Hrynchuk wrote on Facebook on Friday. People in Kyiv heard blasts throughout Thursday night and many woke up without power on Friday after the huge air attack targeted Ukraine’s energy system. Images posted online showed firefighters working to tackle burning blocks of flats. Hrynchuk did not say how many people had lost power. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said the Russian strikes targeted civilian and energy infrastructure as Ukraine prepares for winter temperatures.Russian drones and missiles damaged 12 apartment buildings in the south-eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring four people, according to the regional governor. The Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, sa...

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5 d. ago Extra OVO, EDF, Octopus and more energy support for pensioners and disabled in an emergency

Energy firms across the UK could provide extra help to some billpayers, especially in an emergency

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