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Overall gas prices for non-commercial customers might decrease by up to an impressive 27%, should the UK decide to go ahead with large-scale exploration of its shale gas reserves, a new study carried out by Navigant Consulting and commissioned by the DECC has revealed.

Energy supplier E.ON has pledged its support for a full “industry-wide end” to automatic energy contract rollovers, in order to help small and medium-sized businesses save more on their energy bills, a news report on the matter reveals.

Companies employing at least 250 employees or more might be legally obliged to undergo energy audits and implement energy-saving measures, new plans set out by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) revealed.

The only way in which the Government can stick to its legal commitments of an 80% carbon reduction by 2050 is to make sure that the policies it has put in place attain their project efficiency levels.

In a bid to help non-domestic customers implement energy efficiency retrofit projects, the BRE (Building Research Establishment) has partnered with Sustainable Development Capital Ltd in order to launch a new scheme, designed to provide capital investment for the aforementioned work

Business-focused energy provider Gazprom Energy has just revealed a new gas tariff targeting specifically mid-sized businesses, a news report on the matter reveals.

SMEs will be able to access cheaper gas and electricity prices, while also being given free advice on how to avoid energy contract pitfalls as a part of the brand-new Ready to Switch for Businesses scheme unveiled at the Local Government Association annual conference.

The Cambridge Retrofit Project is a landmark community-scale energy efficiency initiative to retrofit buildings over the next 30 years, helping make the Cambridge area the first to reach national carbon reduction targets, namely to reduce carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050.

Six west London boroughs – Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Harrow, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Hounslow could attain energy savings of up to an impressive 25%, should they implement specific, effective energy-saving measures, a new survey by

Although the amount of shale gas available in the UK is still the topic of debate, it would seem that more and more energy suppliers are becoming in the country’s potential for successful exploration, the latest to join the fray being French energy giant Total.

London’s green economy has recorded a significant growth over the past five years, with more than 9,200 green businesses employing an impressive 163,500 people, a news report on the matter has revealed.

In a bid to boost the UK construction industry, the government has pledged to invest up to an impressive 150 million pounds into this sector over the next five years.