« view gas and electricity news archive

solar power

Electricty pylon

Sun is great for Good Energy

A small energy supplier, which claims to be the UK's only provider of 100% renewable energy, has announced plans to increase its production from solar power. Good Energy says it hopes to provide around 30% of its energy from solar power - up from its previous amount, which was under one per cent. It's a ...

01 September

Electricty pylon

Government casts a cloud over solar plans

A cloud could be lifted from over the UK's solar energy industry as the Government seeks to salvage large-scale solar projects. The Coalition government originally flung the solar industry into darkness when it announced huge cuts to subsidies for large-scale solar projects in favour of subsidising smaller domestic schemes. Now, according to the Daily Mail, ...

14 June

Electrical discharge

SW Reports Increase In Solar Power Projects

The annual renewable energy report has released figures showing that the South-West of the country is rapidly growing renewable electricity projects, meaning that we could soon see a change in electricity prices in the UK. Most of the new projects are dominated by domestic solar photovoltaic installations, but despite this, the government's recent policy reviews ...

11 April

Visit the UK Power Shop

Newsletter sign up

Subscribe for free energy price updates and lots of money saving ideas.

Sign up

Switch energy with confidence

Consumer Focus

The UK Power energy comparison site is a fully accredited to Consumer Focus Confidence Code to compare energy for domestic consumers

Latest energy price updates

Latest supplier prices change:

21 May 2012

view energy price updates »