Homes and public buildings around the world have switched their lights off for another Earth Hour – but this year’s event came with a digital twist. Speaking ahead of Earth Hour 2020, organisers said that, as it was not currently possible for supporters of the...
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Social distancing plus a sunny, windy weekend led to some of our customers’ first daytime price plunge
On Sunday 5th April, thousands of customers on our AgileOctopus tariff got paid to use power between 10.30 and 4pm. Agile is a smart tariff, designed to pass on the highly changeable market price of electricity to customers as a way to reward them for using power when...
Power companies remind customers to be ready for if the lights go out
Britons have been told to keep torches and gloves handy in case there are power outages, amid potential engineer shortages. A combination of staff sickness due to the coronavirus pandemic and the government’s guidance on non-essential workers to stay at home, mean...
Bluefield outlines COVID-19 contingency plans as it continues O&M work
Bluefield Solar Income Fund has outlined the measures it's currently taking as part of its COVID-19 (coronavirus) contingency plan, in a general update published today (25 March). In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bluefield’s key service providers have all...
Solar can play an important part in the UK’s COVID-19 recovery, says CCC report
Solar and other renewables have made some strong progress towards decarbonisation, but there is still more to be done. Between 2008 and 2019, power emissions fell by 68%, helping to drive a general 30% reduction in territorial emissions according to the Committee on...
Five tips for saving money on household bills during lockdown
With the Coronavirus lockdown measures in place across the UK, many households are looking at ways in which they can keep a limit on household bills while spending larger amounts of time at home than they normally would. We’ve put together these five top tips...
Record high solar irradiation helps UK generation surge
Solar irradiation in the south of England in May was as much as 50% higher than normal, according to new research by Solargis. It forms just one of a number of records that have been smashed so far in 2020, with the trend likely to continue according to the data and...