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Scottish homes will use 100-percent green hydrogen in world first
Scotland is set to start the world’s first trials of green hydrogen to replace natural gas for cooking and heating in 300 homes, the UK’s energy regulator Ofgem announced.
The UK wants smart homes to become one with the energy grid
The UK government imagines a near future where smart home devices and appliances can help balance the scales of energy supply and demand, as well as save consumers and businesses money. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has worked with regulator Ofgem and the industry on the "smart systems and flexibility plan," which sets out ways in which we can make smarter, more efficient use of the grid and new technologies. Connected appliances could play an important part. You might want to set your smart washing machine to run when electricity is particularly cheap, for example, or even cede control of your smart fridge to an external force that turns it off for ten minutes when demand is high and the grid is stressed.
Energy comparison sites will soon be more honest about who pays for listings
If you're on a UK price comparison site looking for a new energy deal, it's possible that some of the best options are being hidden from you. Last year, collective switching site The Big Deal revealed that many of the biggest sites are burying tariffs and instead promoting those that give them a commission from the UK's major energy providers. For some comparison sites, this means automatically filtering results pages to only show commission-linked deals if you opt to switch energy tariffs "today" or "now." While the practice is being investigated by the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, energy regulator Ofgem is hoping it can crack down on misleading sites with a new version of its opt-in Confidence Code.
