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Instead of actually helping consumers reduce their overall energy bills, the latest tariff reforms set to be implemented by the UK government might actually lead to customers paying up to £100 more, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

The Government is setting up a £12m pot to help cities promote the energy efficiency scheme called the Green Deal.

Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey says energy reforms have not been made unnecessary by the unearthing of European shale gas deposits.

Carbon Trust Implementation Services has just informed HeatingSave and Tensor plc that they have been successfully selected as has an ‘Accredited Su

Today (July 26) it was announced profits at British Gas (BG) have gone up 23 per cent to £345m – while household bills rose

World oil prices could be vulnerable to a Libor-style rigging scandal.

Implementing energy-saving measures across one’s home might actually boost its market value by an impressive 38%, depending on its location, a new report by the Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change reveals.

Confirming the previous rumours on this topic, British Gas owner Centrica has officially confirmed its decision to invest in

As energy bills keep going up on a yearly basis, more and more households across the UK are being pushed into fuel poverty and, unfortunately, that’s also the case across a slightly well off area of the country, namely Reading.

Energy inflation has reached 2.2 percent in April across the UK, making it the most significant increase in Europe – more than four-times the rate of increase in Germany, a news report informs us.

In a move designed to bolster energy efficiency across Scotland, MSPs will be asked to replace the current stamp duties with a system containing provisions for financially stimulating the owners of energy efficient homes, a news report reveals.

High oil prices could stall the global economic recovery and “sow the seeds of their own destruction”. That is the view of the International Energy Agency (IEA) which says global oil demand this year is set to be lower than a previous forecast. Higher oil prices were among the cause of the body’s revision. “Persistently high prices at this stage of the economic cycle may ultimately sow the seeds of their own destruction,” the IEA said.