UK power plants lined up to command record high energy prices this decade
Stations secure all-time high price of £65 a kW per year for 2027-28 in ‘capacity market’ auction
June 2022
Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors
Five claimants aged 17-31 want their governments to exit the energy charter treaty, which compensates oil and gas firms
February 2021
Npower withdraws mobile app after hackers steal personal details
Company contacts affected gas and electricity customers, telling them to change passwords
November 2020
UK's bid to power every home via offshore windfarms by 2030 at risk
Germany’s RWE says outdated regulation is slowing investment in onshore electricity grid
January 2020
Three energy firms to pay £10.5m for failings over August blackout
Lightning strike caused travel chaos and left 1 million people in England and Wales in dark
December 2019
'No regrets': activists who shut down power plant await sentence
Members of WeShutDown stand trial for blockading the Weisweiler plant. Some call it ‘ecoterrorism’, while others label it a masterstroke in the art of protest
November 2019
Npower to axe up to 4,500 jobs as part of major restructuring plan
New owner E.ON plans to shed 75% of posts and could close most of energy supplier’s UK sites
January 2019
Npower to cut 900 jobs as it predicts marked financial losses for 2019
Big six energy firm blames 15% cut to UK workforce on price cap and ‘intense competition’
December 2018
Job fears for npower staff, with ownership transferring to E.ON
SSE and npower scrap merger plan amid 'challenging conditions'
November 2018
Merger of SSE and npower is hanging in the balance
Companies admit tie-up is threatened by government’s price cap and market conditions
October 2018
Profits slide at big six energy firms as 1.4m customers switch
Margins for 2017 drop by 10% in face of competition from smaller challenger companies
September 2018
Energy bills to be cut by around £75 for more than 11m households
Ofgem figure falls short of £100 promised by Theresa May for customers on poor-value tariffs
May 2018
Npower owner warns staff they will be first to be cut in E.ON deal
SSE-npower merger faces full investigation amid price concerns
March 2018
Subsidy-free renewable energy projects set to soar in UK, analysts say
Falling cost of wind and solar will unlock £20bn of investment, Aurora Energy Research says
Global energy giants forced to adapt to rise of renewables
Companies face world where falling cost of solar and wind power pushes down prices
SSE-npower merger: UK watchdog examines German shakeup
E.ON-RWE asset swap could threaten proposed tie-up of two of UK’s biggest suppliers
January 2018
Gas-fired plants to reap huge subsidies despite uncertain future
Fossil fuel faces stiff competition from nuclear, renewables and European imports
December 2017
Inside the secret world of the corporate spies who infiltrate protests
Major firms hiring people from corporate security firms to monitor and infiltrate political groups that object to their commercial activities
