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British Gas rejects the Big Switch Scheme
The energy giant, British Gas has said that it would not take part in so-called Big Switch scheme which is aimed to help consumers negotiate better tariffs on gas and electricity bills. This campaign was proposed by consumer group Which? and aims to sign up as many households as possible and then attempt to negotiate cheaper energy tariffs from major suppliers on their behalf.
read more... 04/04/2012
Npower reveals a 34% profit jump on higher energy bills
One of the “Big-six” energy suppliers Npower has recently revealed a 34% increase in its annual profits on higher energy bills.
read more... 07/03/2012
Competition in German retail energy
Here are the latest planned changes in electricity and gas prices and news on users switching suppliers in Germany, a market of 40 million households supplied by 1,100 power and 770 gas companies:
read more... 23/02/2012
German retail market
Here is the latest news on electricity and gas price changes and users switching suppliers in Germany, a market of 40 million households supplied by 1,100 power and 770 gas companies:
read more... 21/12/2011
UK renewable sector sees crash in investments
The development of new renewable capacity fell significantly this year following a “dash gas” policy of the big six British energy suppliers that could damage UK’s climate change targets and keep households bills up. UK’s offshore wind market underwent a strong decline this year with only 540 MW of new onshore and offshore installed capacity, comparing to 1, 192 MW installed last year.
read more... 06/12/2011