Friday 23rd of June 2017 | Posted In:

Fixed costs go up for some grain producers

I was on a site visit with a grain producer last week, helping him to understand why his electricity bill had gone up dramatically during the winter.

Thursday 8th of June 2017 | Posted In:

Cycling for Mind – 50 miles around Warwickshire via Amsterdam

Find out why Elisa, Mick, Oli and Jon thought it would be a good idea to get on their bikes dressed in a vibrant shade of orange to spend 3 days cycling 300km around the Netherlands. 

Thursday 8th of June 2017 | Posted In:

Solar power output reaches an all-time high

A couple of weeks ago, we were all enjoying the lovely warm English sunshine although, it’s hard to remember now after the recent inclement weather.

Thursday 25th of May 2017 | Posted In:

Making friends over the handle bars

An intrepid group of FEC Energy staff set off from Amsterdam today, to cycle 300km across the Netherlands, as part of an event organised by one of our close trading partners.

Tuesday 25th of April 2017 | Posted In:

Great Britain goes coal free for a day

Friday 21st April 2017 was the first 24-hour period, since the industrial revolution, that Great Britain went without the need to run its coal-fired power stations.

Tuesday 4th of April 2017 | Posted In:

Chris Plackett becomes our MD

Chris Plackett is taking over as Managing Director from Andrew Kneeshaw who, after 17 years in the post, is stepping down to take a general directorial role prior to his retirement later this year.

Thursday 30th of March 2017 | Posted In:

Helping you buy, generate and save energy

Earlier in March, I attended the annual conference of the National Association of Group Secretaries for the NFU. The event took place over three days in Newcastle, Northern Ireland.

Wednesday 15th of March 2017 | Posted In:

Are you on out of contract rates?

Eric Brown, who farms a moderate sized beef herd in Devon, recently contacted us to see if he could save money on his energy contracts for the three electricity supplies on his farm,

Friday 10th of March 2017 | Posted In:

Embedded generators – TRIAD income to be slashed

We are finally seeing what is thought to be the ‘end result’ from OFGEM’s review of TRIAD income for embedded generators and it doesn’t look very good.

Tuesday 7th of March 2017 | Posted In:

Why should on-farm generators choose a ‘managed contract’ to sell their power?

Do you generate energy and wonder if you are getting the best price for it? The answer is most likely to be ‘no’ if you are selling via a simple Power Purchase Agreement; especially if you just opted to go with your existing import supply provider without shopping around.

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