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Denmark has long been one of Europe’s leading renewable energy adopters and they have managed to maintain a steady pace with regards to increasing the amount of energy they produce from renewable sources. Now the Danes are offering their renewable energy model for other nations to copy and help gene

This week it was reported that the number of NHS patients waiting over 18 weeks for treatment has increased by over a quarter with the number up to 27% – more than when the coalition was formed in 2010. The average time, however, is less at 8.7% according to The Guardian. Meanwhile over in the [...]

Launched just over two years ago,  the UK boiler scrappage scheme was introduced as an efficient and helpful way of further reducing the UK’s carbon emissions. Given that the boiler accounts for such a large percentage of household energy use – estimates vary, but for most of us well over half the e

The guardian has started a three part piece on the future of renewable energy, or more accurately wind farms in the UK. This appears to have stemmed from the growing concerns regarding the cost and sight of the turbines up and down the country. A recent report from the ENSG (Electricity Networks Str

More people in the UK are turning away from conventional borrowing methods such as credit cards and turning to short-term payday loans, a new report has stated. Homes across the UK were trying their hardest to pay unsecured loans but the average debt in our homes was around £8,000 PricewaterhouseCoo

Consumer group Which? has used Big Energy Week to issue a warning to the Government to halt the installation of Smart Meters across the UK or risk becoming embroiled in an £11bn fiasco. The main thrust of their concern is that the efficiency savings which the meters are supposed to engender will not

Given the recent energy price hikes and the concerns that this years winter may be as cold and harsh as last year it seems like everyone is concerned about the potential costs of keeping their homes warm this winter. Now the last thing we want is for people to be worrying/freezin throughout the ‘sea