8 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

Science

11 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

Economics

11 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

Economics

1 week ago London IPO market roars back to life with £9.6 billion listing of US energy company Fermi

London IPO market roars back to life with £9.6 billion listing of US energy company Fermi  MSN

Economics

1 week ago City's IPO market roars back to life as US energy and AI data centre developer Fermi lists in London

Innovative dual Nasdaq and London listing of company aiming to build vast energy and AI data centre complex

Economics

1 week ago Top Welsh council official holds prominent role at company behind major energy park plans

Marcus Goldsworthy is Vale of Glamorgan Council's director of place, which is the team responsible for the local authority's planning functions

Politics

2 w. ago BP predicts higher oil and gas demand, suggesting world will not hit 2050 net zero target

Conflict in Ukraine and Middle East as well as trade tariffs are making states focus on energy securityBusiness live – latest updatesBP has raised its forecasts for oil and gas demand, suggesting the global net zero target for 2050 will not be met and highlighting a slowdown in the transition to clean energy.The energy company’s closely watched outlook report has estimated that oil use is on track to hit 83m barrels a day in 2050, a rise of 8% compared with its previous estimate of 77m barrels a day. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Business news live: Another pharma firm criticises UK, Spanish energy company to invest €20bn in Britain

Stock market news plus latest business and personal finance updates from Wednesday

Economics

2 w. ago My energy company is insisting I switch to a smart meter even though my current one is still working. Can they really force me to change? DEAN DUNHAM has the surprising answer

My energy supplier says I must upgrade to a smart meter, but I don't want to. Can I just ignore its requests? DEAN DUNHAM replies...

Science

3 w. ago Million with asthma unaware they qualify for FREE energy grant

As temperatures fall and winter approaches, Energy Saving Genie is urging households with health conditions to check if they qualify for the fourth phase of the Energy Company Obligation, known as ECO4.

Science

3 w. ago Climate 100: Geordie Greig and Greg Jackson unpack Octopus Energy’s success

Editor-in-chief of The Independent Geordie Greig sat down with CEO of Octopus Energy Greg Jackson to discuss the company’s success, which has seen it go from start-up to the UK’s biggest energy supplier in less than a decade.

Events

3 w. ago North Lanarkshire Council receives planning application for battery energy storage system construction in Coatbridge

Application, from renewables company BEL, describes a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) and related infrastructure with a generating capacity of 45MW.

Science