Ecotricity Explains: Smart meters for a greener Britain

You’ve probably heard the usual talk about how smart meters can help you save energy and money – but there’s a lot more to smart meters than that. They’re actually key players in greening up not only our energy grid, but the whole country.

Vegan Power: Back to our roots

this year we’re proud to be celebrating our six-year anniversary of our energy being vegan-certified by the Vegan Society.

Ecotricity Explains: Onshore vs offshore wind power

Coupled with solar power, onshore wind energy was making huge strides towards decarbonising Britain’s electricity supply.

Ecotricity Explains: The National Grid

The National Grid ensures that mainland Britain is supplied with electricity. It’s not just about cables, though. The grid is far more complicated than many people realise, so read on to discover everything you need to know about the National Grid.

Business Energy: How to banish power cuts

For most of us in Britain, an electricity outage – a power cut – is simply a nuisance. If the power stays off for a month, as it did in parts of Scotland last winter, can your tenants cope?

Ecotricity Explains: Wind energy

Wind energy has always been a big part of what we’re all about – in fact, Dale built our first windmill on a hill near our office HQ in Stroud back in 1996.

Ecotricity Explains: Standing Charge

There are two main components to an energy bill – your unit price and standing charge. The first is pretty self-explanatory, but the latter is a bit more complex, so we get a lot of questions which we wanted to answer all in one place.

Business Energy: How to Avoid Price Shocks

Climate change is presenting a new set of energy supply challenges for Britain. However, for our behind-the-meter Merchant Energy customers, navigating through energy market turmoil has been relatively smooth.

Ecotricity Explains – What is battery storage?

Getting to 100% renewables isn’t only about building more windmills, sun mills and gasmills. That’s why we’re also building and innovating in the field of energy storage.

The energy saving advice you need this winter

There’s so much advice out there and that can be a little overwhelming. So, we’ve put together this short guide to give you some tips on how to save energy throughout your home.

Our first grid-scale battery storage project

We always love letting you know about the green projects your support makes possible. Today, we’re thrilled to let you know that we’ve reached a key stage of our grid-scale battery storage project...

How to save energy this winter

Many of us are looking for ways to cut back on our energy use with energy prices at their current high levels. Here are some tips – ones that actually work – to help you save energy and stay warm this winter.