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If you are tired of being harassed by these little pieces of paper that are costing you so much, here are some of the ways to reduce your electric bills.

There are plenty of ways to reduce your electric bills. Among the popular strategies are through homemade devices like wind turbines and even solar cell panels made right from the garage.

More and more people today are looking for alternative ways of creating and consuming energy. If you also want to reduce you energy consumption and the costs that you incur each month, check out the benefits living off the grid has.

Researcher Alexa Spence has spent years looking at the psychological issues around recent advances in energy technology, from uncovering the value of the 'freeloading' flatmate in reducing domestic consumption to studying how businesses can motivate staff to reduce energy usage.

The UK Government has proposed to reduce support for anaerobic digestion projects in the UK by slashing subsidies and reducing the amount of energy they can provide. There is a lot of innovative technology in the sector, but is this enough to keep...

"When sunlight is converted into electricity, it is known as solar power. Photovoltaic panels are used to generate and supply electricity"

The UK announced a £7bn package in the 2014 budget to reduce energy costs for British manufacturers and households by 2019, and GDF Suez launched the Sohar 2 and Barka 3 gas-fired combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) plants in Oman.

Mildura Solar Power Station is a concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) project being built in Carwrap, south of Mildura in the state of Victoria, Australia. The project will use high performance solar cells used to power satellites. The plant was proposed to have an installed capacity of 100MW initially to reduce the annual greenhouse gas emissions by 396,000t.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has been accused of 'waging a war' on coal after announcing proposals to reduce CO2 emitted by coal-fired power plants. Industry has called the proposals "extreme" and "ill-advised" and it is poised for a fight. But should the EPA be the coal industry's only concern?

Alstom recently announced it was installing a new flue gas corrosion protection system at the Weiher coal power plant in Germany to protect its boiler evaporator walls against corrosion by reduced oxygen potential. With plants expected to run for decades

In the battle to reduce energy poverty, the opportunities that satellite imaging data offers could be key to shining a light on wasteful inefficiencies. Andy Tunnicliffe speaks to E.ON to find out more about a project to use space-based technology to improve energy efficiency.

India's largest power utility NTPC has plans to use biomass to co-fire all its coal-based power plants. The decision is a bold move that will reduce the company's overall carbon emissions, but what challenges might it face during implementation and how will the change impact India's overall energy mix? Heidi Vella investigates