Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Slams 'Big Six' Energy Firms for 'Inexplicable' Price Hikes
Former oil executive begs for moral obligation to factor into setting prices
UK Economic Recovery Threatened by Energy Bill Hikes and Low Wages
Markit Household Index data shows higher energy bills and lower pay is eating into consumer spending
Selling Britain's Soul to China Comes at a Price: Beware of Banking but Welcome FDI
Chinese investment will be a saving grace but relaxing banking rules could damn the financial system's safety
European Markets Mixed Ahead of Eurozone GDP Data
Wednesday's data shows that France exits recession while Germany beats economic growth forecasts
Britain's Energy Bills to Rocket 22% by 2020
RWE npower report says energy bills in Britain to rise by 2020
Gatwick Airport Paid No Corporation Tax in Three Years
London's Gatwick has paid no corporation tax because of a capital investment programme and asset depreciation, it says.
Britain’s Energy Watchdog Ofgem Cracks Down on Big Six Electricity Suppliers
Regulator sets out proposals for more level playing field to allow smaller firms to compete with energy giants.
UK Treasury Seals £900m Energy Company Tax Loophole
Chancellor George Osborne closes loophole that allows energy firms to claim money back against installation costs
Top Energy Debacles & Scandals: Manipulation, Mis-Selling and Fraud
After Ofgem announced six energy firms are under investigation, IBTimes UK took a look at the market's largest scandals
How-To-Guide: UK Corporation Tax Avoidance
IBTimes UK guides you through legal tax avoidance methods used by giants such as Starbucks and Amazon.
UK Government Proceeds with £3bn Urenco Privatisation
British government pushes on with plans for uranium company stake sale.
RWE npower: Admits No Corporation Tax Payments For Three Years
Energy giant says it didn’t need to because it had invested billions in “building power plants, creating jobs”
SSE Fined Record £10.5m over Unfair Selling Practices
Ofgem sets largest-ever fine after accusing SSE of misleading households at every stage of its sales process.
Goldman Sachs to Advise Germany's RWE on DEA Sale
RWE is looking to offload its oil and gas exploration unit as it plans more investment in renewable energy.
UK Service Economy Slows as Recovery Stumbles
Weakest growth in two years for Britain's most important growth driver raises concern over recovery path
UK Home Energy Prices Set for Inflation-Busting Surge That Threatens Recovery [VIDEO]
EDF Energy plans 10.8 percent increase on UK household gas and energy prices in move that challenges Bank of England policy.
UK Inflation Eases to Three-Year Low But Higher Energy Costs Loom
Britain's consumer price index eases to 2.2 percent in September, slowest since 2009, but gas and electricity prices look set to reverse the trend
£3bn Offshore Wind Farm Operation Scaled Back Following Public Outcry
Developer RWE Npower Renewables agrees to reduce number of turbines from 417 to 278 for Atlantic Array project in Bristol Channel.
European Earnings Round-Up: ArecelorMittal, Repsol Rise While BT Slumps
A brief summary of the major corporate earnings releases for Thursday 10 May
British Royals Charged with Wind Farm Hypocrisy
Crown Estate lands to be used for 45 windmills despite such wind farms being criticised earlier by Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh.
Tilbury Power Station: Firefighters Tackle Huge Blaze
More than 100 firefighters from Essex and London tackle blaze after biomass fuel fire spreads to dockside.
UK Energy Giants Face Calls to Cut Prices
EDF's 5% gas tariff reduction puts pressure on rival 'big six' energy suppliers to follow suit.
An age-old renewable causes a nuclear fallout
It was a glorious, sunny day as I took my wife and kids to the Kasteel Meulen (Castle Mill) at the very top of the village of Mont Cassel, about 18 miles from Dunkerque. My children were excited to see a working windmill but, regrettably, there was not a breath of wind in the shimmering mid-summer heat and so, Blue Peter-like, we had to buy a bag of flour that the miller had already made.
Germany and nuclear power: A brave new world?
On 03 June 2011, the German magazine Stern reported that Chancellor Angela Merkel had agreed with the provincial governments (Länder) to a phased closure programme of all of Germany's 17 nuclear power plants by 2022. Mrs Merkel wants the closures to start at two-year intervals from 2015 at two plants per odd-numbered year and the final two or three plants, the most modern, in 2022.