An investigation by Bloomberg News alleges that certain traders at firms such as Vitol, Uniper, and SSE have used a rather blunt approach to tackle the UK energy crisis: pay
Last year, energy companies in the UK installed 94,000 prepayment meters through mandatory measures
According to the government, Scottish Power, British Gas, and Ovo were accountable for 70% of the compulsory installations.
Breaking: Union threatens blackouts as strikes hit UK biggest power plant
Drax insists that Britain will not be affected by power cuts when workers at its Yorkshire plants strike over pay.
Lack of storage means that wind power is lost for 1.2 million homes in the UK.
New research shows that there was not enough wind power in winter to supply 1.2 million homes per day. This is because there isn’t enough energy storage capacity to store
Energy companies accused of using smart meters for ‘disconnecting customers through the back door’
Energy companies have been accused of disconnection of households by moving them to smart meters for pre-payment to disconnect them “by the backdoor”.
National Grid will activate an emergency winter plan tomorrow following French nuclear outages
After energy prices rose amid falling temperatures, the UK’s electricity network operator is ready to activate its emergency snow plan.
Risk of three-hour daily blackouts this winter, in some areas of the UK says National Grid
If Britain is unable to import enough energy, it could face rolling blackouts in the winter.