Household solar power: a shock in the small print
Government-sponsored incentives for householders to install solar panels with subsidized electricity rates that look too good to be true contain a shock in the small print. Energy companies are...
View ArticleA global energy war looms
Here's an alarming chart to ponder (click to enlarge). HSBC has calculated what would happen to energy consumption by 2050 given plausible forecasts for economic growth and assuming no constraint on...
View ArticleWe should name and shame the most moaned-about energy companies
Hands up – who knew there was an “energy ombudsman”? This low-profile watchdog is the one who comes barking to the rescue if you think your bill is wrong and the company hasn’t dealt with it internally...
View ArticleWhat now for gas prices?
It's a tale of two perspectives this morning, with results from British Gas owner Centrica and oil major Royal Dutch Shell. One the one hand, we have Simon Henry, finance director of Shell, saying...
View ArticleBP's agreement with Anadarko is a good compromise
A $4bn contribution from Anadarko is certainly better than nothing at all. That seems to be what the market is saying this morning, as BP's share bounced 5pc on the news that its main partner in the...
View ArticleWhen 'free solar panels' can prove an expensive mistake
Fears that "free solar panel" offers to generate £1,000 a year out of thin air looked too good to be true will be fuelled by new claims that banks and building societies are refusing mortgage...
View ArticleHow to save ourselves from the new Middle Ages: stop building bird-choppers...
So it turns out that fracking for shale gas really is more effective at making the earth move than all the onanism of the enviros over windmills. We should thus get on with drilling and stop building...
View ArticleMoney Fight Club: how to punch above your weight in personal finance
Don’t get mad – get even. That’s basic advice too few of us follow when it comes to our personal finances and getting fair play from large institutions, like banks and energy suppliers. Now a new...
View ArticleEd Miliband's speech, summarised: 'Get out the flares, it's back to the...
"We economists don't know much, but we do know how to create a shortage. If you want to create a shortage of tomatoes, for example, just pass a law that retailers can't sell tomatoes for more than two...
View ArticleIs Cameron at risk of doing a 'Gordon Brown' in Europe?
After the Jean-Claude Juncker episode, the next EU battle is already on the horizon: who should get what jobs in the next European Commission which is due to take office in the autumn. Each EU country...
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