In a speech to the Royal Society today, the Rt. Hon Edward Davey MP, Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), suggested that the safe and responsible exploration and extraction of shale gas in the UK was in line with our climate change targets. Responding to the findings of a […]

Acknowledging that the United States is far more advanced than the UK in pushing ahead with using fracking techniques to extract gas from shale, David Cameron, the Prime Minister, insisted that the threat of earthquakes was being exaggerated and that there would no question of gas coming out of water taps. The Prime Minister was […]

As the cold weather spell continued across the UK one of three gas import pipelines was shut down due to a technical problem.  This double blow caused wholesale gas prices to rise by 50% to £1.50 per therm whilst the pipeline operator could give no indication how long it would be out of action.  A […]

Jim Moore, Vaillant Group Managing Director for Western Europe has praised Coronation Street for the storyline which saw Fiz fighting for her life after having her boiler repaired by her co-star character – Tyrone, who is not a qualified gas engineer.  Vaillant is a manufacturer of energy efficient central heating boilers and only gas engineers […]

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine who plays Fiz in the popular television soap said that the storyline about her suffering carbon monoxide poisoning could save viewers’ lives. There are millions of fans who watch Coronation Street regularly and they saw Fiz suffer from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty central heating boiler after her […]

The Gas Safe Register provides the official listing of gas engineers who are registered to work legally and safely on gas-fired central heating boilers, gas fires and gas cookers.  If someone is not on the Gas Safe Register they cannot legally work on gas appliances.  Gas Safe is run by Capita Gas Registration and Ancillary […]

17th February 2013 Over the next twenty years there is a (fairly conservative) estimate that peak demand for energy in the UK will have risen by 7% based on today’s usage, even taking into account energy efficiency measures such as the Green Deal and the ECO Affordable Warmth Scheme.  Yet unless we establish new sources […]

17th February 2013 The cost of green initiatives introduced by the Government, and hidden within energy bills, has increased by more than 200% since 2010 a recent study claimed.  One energy company claimed that the cost of initiatives such as meeting carbon reduction targets and funding renewable energy have increased from around £37 on an […]

28th January 2013 The Government’s eagerly awaited Green Deal Initiative went live today, giving householders the opportunity to improve the efficiency of their homes by paying for qualifying home improvements out of proposed savings on their energy bills. Domestic buildings in Britain are among the least efficient in the Western world and the Green Deal […]

14 January 2013 Rt. Hon Edward Davey MP announced the launch of the Green Deal Cashback Scheme today with the words, by introducing a cash-back scheme, “energy saving has never been so attractive”.  A potential cash-back worth hundreds of pounds is available to householders in England and Wales who make energy saving home improvements funded […]