prices

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    New forecast warns power prices to remain elevated until late 2030s

    Cornwall Insight has unveiled its latest GB Power Market Outlook to 2030, revealing that power prices in Great Britain will not shift below pre-2022 levels until the late 2030s. The report cites the surging demand for power as the main driver behind this trend, as the move to electric heating...

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    Gap between cheapest energy deals and price cap shrinks to the lowest ever level

    Research from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Domestic tariff report’ highlights the level of savings made by a customer switching to a new energy tariff has reduced significantly. In fact, the difference between the ten cheapest tariffs and the current default tariff cap for September 2021 stands at just £11/year, compared to £291/year...

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    Energy prices rise for SMEs as wholesale prices rise

    In Q321, the average small and medium enterprise (SME) gas contract was priced at the highest values since Cornwall Insight records began in 2012 – reaching 4.98p/th for 1-year acquisition contracts that assume a 25MWh annual consumption. Research from Cornwall Insight’s Pricing in the SME gas and power markets report...

  • Media Mentions

    Energy News Live | Energy prices for SME rise

    Our research showing prices rising for Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) was featured in Energy News Live. Electricity prices for SMEs reached record highs in the second quarter of the year. Discussing the reasoning behind the significant price rise Molly Lloyd Senior analyst at Cornwall Insight explained the rise in...

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    SME power prices reach record highs

    Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) power prices have continued to rise in Q221, reaching the highest level since our records began in Q212, according to the latest research from Cornwall Insight’s Pricing in the SME power market report. Over the past quarter, prices have increased by 5.82% to average at...

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    Brexit impacts | Divergent electricity prices

    Since the start of the year, as a result of Brexit, Great Britain's (GB's) internal and cross-border trading has been temporarily decoupled from European power exchanges. This is expected to result in less efficient trades; interconnector flows and divergent electricity prices between power exchanges. Research from Cornwall Insight examining the...

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    Electrifying your fleet? We look at three battery electric vehicles

    We conducted research into the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) vehicle registration data. We found that Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in 2020 have already grown 76.1% on the whole of 2019. Katie Hickford, our Analyst said that during COVID-19 lockdown there has been a backlog of already ordered...

  • Media Mentions

    Greentech Media | Renewables and market prices

    Tom Edwards Senior Modelling Analyst shared his thoughts on renewables and why European power prices have yet to see a significant fall in Greentech Media. There are several reasons for this including renewables still account for a relatively small proportion of generation. Tom explains that there’s another, more important factor...

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    Icon | 46GW required to meet targets

    Forecasts from our ‘Benchmark power curve’ suggesting that up to ~46GW of new build renewable technology, ~11GW onshore wind, ~10GW solar and ~25GW offshore wind, may need to be developed by 2030 was featured in Icon. The net zero target is defining the shape of the future power market in...

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    The Guardian | Energy bills cut

    Robert Buckley commented the Ofgem's default tariff cap reduction has lowered after wholesale energy market prices tumbled during the coronavirus pandemic. He explained the difference between the costliest deals on the market and the cheapest stood at £562 at the end of last month, meaning a “notable gap will remain”,...