Over 30% of all UK carbon emissions come from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity for the home and business.
In the UK there are a growing number of green suppliers offering a range of tariff's. Some offer energy from 100% renewable sources - others top with brown energy, generated by coal and other carbon producing fuels. Don't be fooled into thinking you are on a renewable tariff. At present only 5 per cent of UK power comes from renewable sources, while 2 per cent of energy customers are on "green" tariffs.
Energy-monitor.co.uk are proud to be affilated with Ecotricity - the number 1 provider of 100% renewable energy in the uk. Ecotricity has topped the Which green league tables for the last 6 years.
Will switching to Ecotricity make a difference?
Yes. Changing the way they make our electricity is the biggest single thing any of us can do to fight climate change, because conventional, or ‘brown’, electricity is the biggest single cause of climate change in the UK – responsible for over 30% of our CO2 emissions. The greatest change you can make is switching to Ecotricity. The fact that they have topped the green build league table so convincingly for the last five years demonstrates their commitment to create, and build, more sources of green electricity than any other power company. The table above (image arrow) shows that over five years they’ve spent an average of £450 per customer per year building new sources of green energy.
Their closest rival spent less than £30 per customer over the same period.
What tariffs do Ecotricity offer?
Whichever one of the tariffs you choose you can be sure you have switched to one of the greenest tariffs available. New Energy – all the green energy in this tariff comes from Ecotricity’s own turbines. This year it’s just under 46% and has grown consistently as they built more windmills. The balance is ‘brown’ electricity which they buy from other suppliers. New Energy Plus –This is the same as our New Energy tariff, but topped up with green electricity from existing renewable sources (instead of brown) making it a 100% green tariff.
New Energy
All the green energy in this tariff is from Ecotricity's own wind turbines - this year it's 46% - rising currently at about 10% per year. But the key part is this - for every £ you spend with Ecotricity through your electricity bill they will spend another £ building new sources of Green energy - in fact Ecotricity's spend more per customer each year than all the other suppliers in the UK put together! And with no premium, this means you pay exactly the same as the standard price of your regional supplier. No wonder this is considered by people like Oxfam and the Soil Association to be the best green tariff in the UK, bar none.
New Energy Plus
For those that understand the need to build new sources to actually impact climate change - but who want a 100% green tariff in the mean time - this is it. It's New Energy (46% Green from our turbines and rising fast), topped up with green electricity from existing renewable sources - making this a 100% green tariff. You get the same total commitment to build - Ecotricity spend one £ for every one £ you spend with them - but you get no carbon now. The existing green energy Ecotricity top with is a scarce resource though, so there's a small premium of 0.5p per kilowatt hour - that's about £20 a year extra for a typical household.
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