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Scottish Power removes the cheapest energy tariff from the market
The cheapest dual energy tariff in UK of £990, provided by Scottish Power was recently pulled away from the market due to above inflation price increase by energy companies.
read more... 10/10/2011
Japan to enact feed-in tariffs for renewable energy
In the wave of the nuclear disaster that occurred in Japan on March, 11, the government aimed renewable energy as an alternative clean energy generation. Japan’s Upper House of the Diet has approved feed-in tariffs that come into force as of July 1, 2012, under which utilities shall acquire power generated from renewable sources for a set price and period.
read more... 06/10/2011
Renewable heat incentive postponed by UK government
A new renewable heat incentive scheme, RHI, was postponed by the British government last Friday because of a failure of the Department for Energy and Climate Change to obtain a clearance from the European Commission as it consider the 2.6 p/kWh tariff payment for large-scale biomass too high.
read more... 05/10/2011
Chris Huhne wants simpler tariffs for UK’s consumers
During a Lib Dem conference last week, Chris Huhne, the UK Energy Secretary, has pledged to stop the big six energy suppliers from charging millions of customers expensive rates, saying that the government wants “simpler tariffs” and requiring all energy companies to inform customers whether they could buy more cheaply on another tariff.
read more... 29/09/2011
E.ON to cut 500 jobs after tariff hike
One of the UK’s biggest energy companies, E.ON, is seeking up to 500 voluntary redundancies only a week after boosting gas tariffs by 18 % and electricity bills by 11 %.
read more... 28/09/2011