Optimist Energy: hopeful news about the climate
In the midst of a global pandemic, things can feel pretty hopeless from time to time. We wanted to share a list of things to be hopeful about, particularly in the world of climate and sustainability.
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We're loaning thermal imaging cameras to help you to spot heat loss around your home. This will enable cheap, effective, personalised improvements that can have a real impact on your wallet, and the environment.
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What to do if you've got no gas or electricity
Nobody wants to be left without power, heating or hot water.
Here's what to do and who to contact if you find yourself without power (including prepayment), you think there might be a gas leak, your power's been switched off, or if you meter or boiler is faulty.
With AgileOctopus, the UK's greenest energy was also the cheapest
On Saturday and Sunday night agileOctopus customers got paid for the energy they used after the UK hit record levels of wind generation.
What is the average energy bill in the UK?
As homeowners and tenants, you might want to find out how much you could be paying for your gas and electricity bills.
Meet Phil Steele, our Future Technologies Evangelist
With Phil’s help, Octopus Energy are building the smart energy system of the future, today.
“Alexa, how green is energy right now?”
You can track how green the UK’s energy is, moment-to-moment, through our new ‘carbon intensity’ feature.
How will Brexit affect my Energy Bills?
The impact of Brexit on your energy bills, explained
Meet nCube, the ‘brain’ behind the carbon-neutral homes of the future
Enter nCube: a universal smart home ‘bridge’ engineered by our Future Technologies Evangelist, Phil Steele.
Making energy fair and inclusive through web accessibility
Shining a bright light on accessibility, and offering tips on how to build a website with inclusion in mind.
Spreading climate change solutions with the Institution of Environmental Sciences
Discussing climate change with our partners, Institution of Environmental Sciences.
Meet Energy Local, a new UK energy venture keeping small-scale green generation within the community
We’re partnering up with Energy Local to help small green energy generators to directly power homes in the neighbourhood at far cheaper rates. Here’s how we’re helping small generators go off-the-grid (kind of) to build the roots of a truly decentralised community energy network.
What makes Octopus Energy so very green?
Find out about all the meaningful ways Octopus Energy is supporting a green future, today.
Behind the Wheel of Fortune
The truth behind the Wheel of Fortune, straight from one of the very developers who built it.
A history of outgoingOctopus - how it started
A history of outgoingOctopus, our smart export tariff
Climate change and land: Understanding the IPCC's latest report
The ability of the planet to sustain human life is now seriously endangered. Climate change caused by fossil fuels and food production as the planet warms inexorably means we must take action and change our behaviour. The warmest ten years since records began in 1884 have all occurred since 2002.
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