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RenewableUK, a trade association representing the renewable energy sector, says that 47% of this total can be attributed to wind. "So we normally say [that for wind power] the RO adds £10 per year to people's fuel bills," says a spokesman.

Staff from the university have been working in partnership with a social landlord in the north-west of England to examine how new tenants of five typical, semi-detached three-bedroom properties respond to a range of interventions to make them more energy aware – and use the energy within their homes more wisely – over a period of two years.

The government's climate watchdog today urged the coalition to focus on hitting the UK's renewable energy targets rather than raising them higher.

The severe economic slowdown and increased energy efficiency in Britain means widely feared power blackouts between 2015 and 2020 will be avoided, new research predicts.

Predicting how much our energy will cost is critical but not in the least bit easy. UKERC are working on it and have revealed their preliminary findings to the Guardian

An old fuel-saving idea has been reinvented for the 21st century. In the developed world a 'Wonderbag' will save you money - elsewhere it helps save lives

But a deeper analysis requested by the Guardian shows that only one in three homes, or about 10.3m households, will see the predicted reductions in their combined bills as a result of installing one or more of the renewable energy or efficiency measures, or receiving the Warm Home Discount for low-income and vulnerable households. Meanwhile the majority of bill payers, 19.1m, will see an average increase in their bills, over and above the extra costs of rising fossil fuel prices and huge investment in the electricity grid.