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Green Energy Providers News - May 2009

Energy price cut "too little, too late"

Category: Green Energy Providers (20.05.2009)

Recent price reductions from British Gas have been described as "too little, too late" by one consumer group.Which? has said that the ten per cent price cut follows a cold winter of expensive fuel bills.The average UK customer will pay £132 a year less for dual fuel from British Gas,...

Focus on energy efficiency 'could create 50,000 jobs in Wales'

Category: Green Energy Providers (14.05.2009)

As many as 50,000 green jobs could be created in Wales if more attention were given to environmental matters, it has been claimed. Launching its manifesto for the upcoming European elections, the Wales Green Party has argued for more money to be spent on transforming the national infrastructure. Central to...

Regulator relaxes rules on low-carbon generation

Category: Green Energy Providers (12.05.2009)

Industry regulator Ofgem has announced it is to relax the rules on hooking up low-carbon energy generators to the National Grid.In a move designed to significantly boost the amount of green energy being provided to homes across the UK, the watchdog has said it will make it easier for suppliers...

New wind turbines for Cumbria

Category: Green Energy Providers (08.05.2009)

Up to 100 new wind turbines could be built on a site in Cumbria under proposals from Eon.The energy company is reportedly considering an offshore wind farm off the Cumbrian coast in the Solway Firth.Any new wind farm would act as its own entity and would not be an extension...