Energy supply in the UK is a very artificial and complicated market, with a lot of confusion about renewable energy and green tariffs.
In this guide we explore the ethical and environmental issues of energy, green tariffs, carbon offsetting, biogas and community energy, and see if there are any ethical energy providers.
Household electricity use accounts for about 5% of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions counted territorially, or 3% of our consumption emissions (including imports).
While the UK was previously making reasonable progress at decarbonising electricity, we’ve stalled over the last couple of years. We explore why, and what you can do to help put pressure on the government to move quicker on supporting renewable energy production.
February 2025 Good Energy update
Good Energy announced a near-£100m takeover by Esyasoft. According to the Guardian, "Esyasoft is ultimately controlled by the Abu Dhabi International Holding Company (IHC), the investment company chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the son of the United Arab Emirates’ founder, and part of Abu Dhabi’s ruling family." IHC owns companies involved in oil and gas drilling and distribution, and solar power. We will be reviewing how this affects its score in the coming months.