UK electricity prices quadrupled in 2021 and fossil gas is to blame
The skyrocketing price of fossil gas was responsible for 85% of the increase in UK wholesale electricity prices in 2021.
Gas price spike to add £29 billion to UK electricity bills next year
New forecast from energy think tank Ember shows an extraordinary increase in electricity prices for households and industry when compared to projections by the government’s BEIS department.
UK biomass emits more CO2 than coal
Burning wood is the 2nd largest source of CO2 in the UK power sector. The UK assumes burning wood is carbon neutral but significant scientific evidence disagrees.
British public and businesses back clean power 2035
Fuel poverty and the climate crisis are worsened by the UK’s reliance on fossil gas power. Now the British public and leading businesses want that to change.
Soaring fossil gas costs drive 86% of UK electricity price increases
New analysis by Ember reveals that UK electricity prices have tripled in the last year, with 86% of this caused by the soaring costs of fossil gas imports.
Clean power by 2035 to meet climate targets says National Grid
Less than 1% unabated fossil fuels and at least 80% wind and solar in the power mix required to meet UK climate targets in National Grid’s new analysis.