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Heat pump grants have been hiked up by 50%. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Lots to celebrate that will help the planet

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Centrica’s profits soared threefold to £3.3bn in 2022 (image: PA)

British Gas launch new scheme offering half price electricity

We review portable power station Delta 2 - will it help in a power outage?

We review portable power station Delta 2 - will it help in a blackout?

The Guardian reports Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has had the electricity network in his constituency upgraded so he could heat his private swimming pool.

Electricity network upgraded ‘so Rishi Sunak could heat private pool’

The emergency coal-fired power plants started generating for the first time on Tuesday afternoon amid National Grid fears of shortages - Credit: Adobe

Emergency coal power plants used for first time as cold snap hits UK

The National Grid ESO scheme rewards users for changing their habits and reducing their electricity usage during certain peak hours.

Households can get paid for reducing electricity use with free app

UK Blackouts: Exact times your house could face power cuts this winter

National Grid: How to save £20 on energy bills by reducing usage today

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

Wholesale prices are falling, but it will not translate into cheaper energy bills (image: Getty Images)

Households to be paid to cut electricity use for one hour tonight

National Grid is calling on its customers to use less electricity, for example, by not running the washing machine at a certain time.

Insulators on an electricity sub station are seen near homes on October 19, 2022 in Manchester, England. The British utility company, National Grid, have said that UK households may face power cuts this winter for up to three hours at a time, if gas supplies run low. The UK relies heavily on gas to produce electricity, and gas supplies to Europe have been severely disrupted by the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

National Grid: Power blackout prevention scheme stood down

National Grid are trialling a new scheme to help avoid mass blackouts in the UK.

National Grid to offer discounts to customers to avoid blackouts

How long a fridge freezer will last during blackout power cuts

National Grid Chief John Pettigrew has spoken out about the potential blackouts amid the energy crisis.

Will the UK see energy blackouts this winter?

The UK generated more energy from renewables than fossil fuel for the first time in 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK generated more energy from renewables than fossil fuel for the first time...

Lewis Wind Power applies for additional consent for its Stornoway wind farm

Crofters back wind turbine development plan

There is currently no more capacity for even one more wind turbine on the island.

National Grid have '˜no preference' on which projects drive case for interconnec...

Talking about the new scheme, Nick Oppenheim of Eishken Limited said: There are very few PSH schemes throughout the UK and what we are proposing is particularly innovative given the use of the sea as the lower reservoir."

£200m innovative electricity scheme for Lewis

Feeding the National Grid with tonnes of left-over food

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