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💡 10% of the UK’s current power capacity is stuck in a bureaucratic queue, and the TEC Amnesty (or rather, extension of the amnesty!) is there to facilitate projects that didn’t work out to leave the queue and leave a straightforward path to those vying for a quick connection to the grid! The UK’s ambitious…

Recently, the government released a new business energy efficiency advice campaign. But why have they spent all this money on a campaign to drive awareness? Well, we have an idea. The campaign was released as the government withdrew the Energy Bill Relief Scheme and replaced it with the not-so-generous Energy Bill Discount Scheme. Let’s delve…

Valued at £3.8 billion pounds at its peak, Britishvolt was until recently one of Britain’s most renowned up-and-coming projects. The battery gigafactory in Blyth would provide 3,000 skilled jobs and provide the batteries needed for Britain’s electrification. Instead, Britishvolt crashlanded into administration, as the media gradually uncovered the smoke and mirrors surrounding the endeavour. This…

UPDATE: The Energy Bill Relief Scheme ended on 1 April 2023. The scheme was replaced by the Energy Bill Discount Scheme. Homes and businesses across Britain are facing a difficult winter. Russia has shut off its natural gas pipelines into Europe to punish the West for providing economic and military support to Ukraine. Britain relies…

On 22 June 2022, Ofwat published a summary of British Water company’s commitments to reducing the harm their operations have on local rivers. British water companies regularly and deliberately dump sewage into rivers. The Environmental Agency allows water companies to do this in exceptional circumstances to avoid sewage backing up into homes. Unfortunately, the exception…

On 14 June, Russia imposed a 40% reduction in the flow of natural gas through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, severely throttling Europe’s gas imports. The Nord Stream pipeline directly connects Germany to Russia and is Europe’s biggest import channel from the world’s biggest natural gas producer. In normal times Nord Stream supplies approximately 10%…