More people are charging their electric vehicles as they shop, but public EV charging will struggle to reach critical mass until certain problems get solved. Charging your electric vehicle while you shop is becoming more and more popular. The supermarket giant Tesco recently announced that its car park charging network had completed 500,000 free charges, equivalent to ten million miles of driving. However, if charge as you shop (or eat, or watch) is going to
February 24, 2021
Why energy giants are ramping up investment in renewables
The world’s biggest energy companies are abandoning oil rigs in favour of wind farms and solar panels. The energy industry is seeing an increase in investment activity going into 2021 after a challenging 2020. However, many traditional energy giants are putting their money into projects you wouldn’t necessarily expect them to. This month, news emerged of BP paying an astronomical amount for the rights to build two large-scale wind farms in the Irish Sea. Companies
One of the biggest energy suppliers in the UK has launched a new product designed to help them compete against new entrants to the marketplace. What is it, and will it work? The giants of the energy supply sector were never going to sit on their hands and let smaller companies take away their business forever. British Gas and its parent company, Centrica, have taken the initiative to lure back some of those lost customers,
June 8, 2020
Why should we use smart meters?
The powers that be tell us that smart meters are essential to save consumers money and preserve the planet. But do their claims stand up? Should we be spending time and money on rolling them out to the UK before we’re ready? Smart meters that can show consumers how much power they use while communicating directly with energy suppliers, are generally seen as a good thing. That’s why a directive from the European Parliament demanded