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Comment on Fracking for shale gas regulations sufficient by Shell announces 54pc profits rise

Shell announces 54pc profits rise — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:16:40 +0000

[...] report commissioned by the EU recently found that the various regulatory frameworks in place are sufficient for fracking activity to continue in the UK. If you found this story useful, please share it on your favourite [...]

Comment on 5,000 Solar firms go bust in Germany in 2011 by Fracking for shale gas regulations sufficient

Fracking for shale gas regulations sufficient — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:30:52 +0000

[...] many people think it is, but the world seems to be waking up to the fact that wind turbines and solar panels will not power the world now or in the future, and shale certainly seems like an area we should be [...]

Comment on The main problem with wind turbines by Fracking for shale gas regulation is sufficient

Fracking for shale gas regulation is sufficient — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:29:32 +0000

[...] the be the miracle many people think it is, but the world seems to be waking up to the fact that wind turbines and solar panels will not power the world now or in the future, and shale certainly seems like an [...]

Comment on British Gas prices raised by ‘Big six’ make small price reductions

‘Big six’ make small price reductions — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:59:13 +0000

[...] rises as they happened last year:ScottishPower announce large price rises – Jun 8th, 2011 British Gas prices raised – Jul 11th, 2011 Scottish and Southern raises prices – Jul 22nd, 2011 E.ON Energy [...]

Comment on ScottishPower announce large price rises by ‘Big six’ make small price reductions

‘Big six’ make small price reductions — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:55:41 +0000

[...] at all, which they hiked by 18%.We reported on each of the price rises as they happened last year:ScottishPower announce large price rises – Jun 8th, 2011 British Gas prices raised – Jul 11th, 2011 Scottish and Southern raises [...]

Comment on EDF Energy announce price rises by ‘Big six’ make small price reductions

‘Big six’ make small price reductions — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:55:25 +0000

[...] rise – Aug 8th, 2011 Npower to increase gas and electricity prices – Aug 17th, 2011 EDF Energy announce price rises – Sep 15th, 2011 If you found this story useful, please share it on your favourite social [...]

Comment on Ofgem to investigate big six profits by ‘Big six’ make small price reductions

‘Big six’ make small price reductions — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:55:09 +0000

[...] will however be keen to prove that they are only passing on wholesale costs to consumers, with Ofgem investigating the big six for generating such large profits.Supplier by supplierBritish Gas (BG) have only reduced their [...]

Comment on Which? calls for halt to smart meter rollout by PAC publishes report on Smart Meters

PAC publishes report on Smart Meters — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:09:03 +0000

[...] for overseeing government expenditures to ensure that they work in the public interest. The Smart Meter rollout is expected to cost £11.7 billion, and the PAC has published a set of 6 conclusions and [...]

Comment on EDF Energy announce price rises by Which? calls for halt to smart meter rollout

Which? calls for halt to smart meter rollout — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:49:51 +0000

[...] per year on their energy bill as a result of smart metering”. All of the big six suppliers hiked their energy prices again this winter, by around 10-20% in most cases, pushing annual bills up towards the £1200 [...]

Comment on The main problem with wind turbines by Utilities Savings

Utilities Savings — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:29:00 +0000

Dutch Independent think-tank Civitas has today published new research on this very subject: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9000760/Wind-power-is-expensive-and-ineffective-at-cutting-CO2-say-Civitas.html

“Wind turbines only produce energy around 30 per cent of the time. When the wind is not blowing – or even blowing too fast as in the recent storms – other sources of electricity have to be used, mostly gas and coal.”

“However it takes a surge of electricity to power up the fossil fuel stations every time they are needed, meaning more carbon emissions are released.”