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- Ed Miliband urges PM to close ‘Swiss cheese’ holes in windfall tax on energy firms Thu, 27 Jul 23, 6:44pmShadow net zero secretary attacks Sunak’s ‘perverse’ policy as Shell and British Gas report soaring profits
- Cheshire villagers will not be forced to join hydrogen energy trial Thu, 30 Mar 23, 7:29pmBacklash prompts companies to give residents option of keeping natural gas rather than joining pilot project
- SSE begins work on hydrogen storage cavern on Yorkshire coast Sun, 18 Dec 22, 10:42pmExclusive: renewable energy will be kept in cathedral-sized cave for freezing, windless conditions
- Back online: the retired gas storage site now able to power 1m homes Thu, 1 Dec 22, 5:00pmRough, a 37-year-old Centrica facility off east Yorkshire, has been reopened to prop up the energy grid
- Energy suppliers risk failing with taxpayers’ cash onboard, Centrica chief warns Wed, 30 Nov 22, 3:43amChris O’Shea said the government handing energy companies money in advance presents a big risk
- ‘We’ve got no choice’: locals fear life as lab rats in UK hydrogen heating pilot Mon, 21 Nov 22, 5:00pmIn Whitby, just outside Ellesmere Port, residents wait to hear whether their village will be chosen
- British Gas owner plans to cap profits to cut energy bills Sat, 10 Sep 22, 3:00pmExclusive: Centrica chief tells the Guardian he is keen for it to sign up to new contracts with government on electricity generation
- How to keep the lights on – UK gears up for worst-case energy scenarios Sun, 10 Jul 22, 11:19pmNew supply chief Jonathan Mills starts drafting plans to safeguard winter supplies amid war in Ukraine
- SNRG and Australian start-up expand UK microgrid market Wed, 6 Oct 21, 11:53pmUK microgrids developer SNRG has partnered with Australian decentralized energy systems management firm Gridcognition to electrify residential households in the UK.
- British Gas owner 'using Covid-19 as smokescreen to alter staff contracts' Fri, 17 Jul 20, 2:05amTrade unions accuse Centrica of forcing employees to accept worse conditions or lose their jobs
- Centrica to use customers' hot water tanks to stop blackouts Mon, 30 Sep 19, 1:08amBritish Gas owner to harness smart appliances to help balance National Grid
- British Gas owner loses 742,000 customers and issues price cap warning Thu, 21 Feb 19, 9:56pmCentrica says it will take £300m hit on cap on energy bills and lowers 2019 cashflow outlook
- Banks court buyers for 49% stake in UK nuclear power stations Tue, 10 Jul 18, 1:43amEDF Energy thought to have piggybacked on plans by Centrica to sell off some of nuclear power stake
- Energy firms say price cap on bills could hit UK roll-out of smart meters Mon, 11 Dec 17, 11:01amBig six also warn investment in energy sector is in jeopardy if firms are not allowed to challenge level at which bills are capped
- Profit margins at big six energy firms hit highest level on record Fri, 1 Sep 17, 3:21amAverage pre-tax margin rose to 4.48% in 2016 despite falling wholesale and environmental costs, says Ofgem