Energy prices

The owner of British Gas announces a 23 per cent increase in profits as it benefits from charging customers higher prices.

The UK economic forecast is cut and the global recovery shows further signs of weakness, the International Monetary Fund said in its World Economic Outlook today.

Offshore wind energy costs could be slashed by more than 30 per cent over seven years if a series of recommendations are carried out by the industry a taskforce finds.

UN observers set out on another field trip on Saturday amid reports that 17 people were killed in overnight shelling in the Syrian town of Deraa, where the uprising began 15 months ago.

Following ‘unsoliciated indications of interest’, BP announces plans to sell its 50 per cent stake in Russian oil company TNK-BP in a move which could net it £25bn.

The intrigue swirling around Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s former oil minister has followed him to Austria, where his body was found in the River Danube on Sunday. Police say he drowned.

With a government-commissioned report backing the resumption of shale gas drilling in Lancashire, Channel 4 News considers the pros and cons of fracking.

One in four households in the country have been billed incorrectly by their energy company and end up owing more than they initially thought, according to a new report.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announces a new scheme which will require energy companies to tell customers how to save up to £100 a year after securing a “landmark deal”.

The numbers owing money to gas and electricity firms falls, but total debt increases as bills rise.

The government has relaunched a £1bn competition that aims to develop the process of capturing carbon dioxide from power stations and storing it for future use.

Two giant German firms, E.On and RWE, are to pull out of building new nuclear power stations in the UK. It’s the first fallout from the Japanese Fukushima disaster to hit Britain’s nuclear industry.

How will the UK keep the lights on over the next 50 years, at the same time as meeting renewables targets? Jim Skea, research director at the UK Energy Research Centre, looks at the options.

Unlike their predecessors, shaking up the UK’s energy sector isn’t something today’s politicians can ignore. It’s time for action, writes Channel 4 News Science Editor Tom Clarke.

The coalition wants to end fuel poverty by 2016, and consumer groups are fighting for “fairer” energy prices. But as Channel 4 News reveals, there are still more people in fuel poverty than ever.