Mark Poynting & Anthony Reuben BBC Verify PA Energy bills rose by 6% for a typical family in April, following an announcement from the regulator Ofgem. But Labour pledged in its manifesto: “We will save families hundreds of pounds on their bills, not just in the short term, but for good.” It also promised bills...
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Jim Lively wants to install rooftop solar panels on his family’s local food market, just minutes from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northern Michigan. Those panels could help power the RV campground they want to open next to the...
Last week, thousands of people gathered in Houston, Texas for CERAWeek 2025, perhaps the most significant annual meet-up of the network of oil executives, investors, consultants, government officials, and more, that make up and support the fossil fuel industry. Inside the gathering, oil, finance, and tech executives joined a slew of panels discussing a range...
Hundreds of schools and hospitals across the UK are set to receive £180 million for solar panels from the government’s new state-owned energy company. The first major investment from Great British Energy was announced on Friday as part of government efforts to reduce the country’s planet-warming emissions. The move was welcomed by the school leaders...
HEADLINES Devon County Council reveals perilous financial state with SEND spending having “significant impact” on cash balances 5.9% budget increase for 2025-26 conceals £22 million cuts and £66 million cost increases with “inevitable” impact on “vital” services. Read more. Exeter Energy insists Riverside Valley Park only viable heat plant site but fails to explain Marsh...
Exeter Energy is insisting that publicly-owned greenfield land in Riverside Valley Park is the only viable site for a heat network plant it is proposing to build while failing to explain why it has rejected brownfield alternatives in nearby Marsh Barton industrial estate. The Leeds-based company, which is controlled by 1Energy Group and Asper Investment...
The developer of an energy plant proposed for a Riverside Valley Park public open space has said that its “primary source of heat generation” will be from on-site air source heat pumps despite previously presenting River Exe water source access as central to the scheme. Exeter Energy, a Leeds-based company controlled by 1Energy Group and...