Ecotricity
Ecotricity have been offering renewably sourced electricity since 1996, making them one of the UK’s earliest green energy suppliers. They number the Body Shop and the Co-operative Bank amongst their customers, and are recommended by the Worldwide Fund for Nature, the Soil Association and Cornwall’s own Surfers against Sewage.
Ecotricity originally sourced their power from what they call ‘pale green’ sources, including sewage, landfill gas and biomass, which helped to kick-start the UK’s green energy market. Today the company uses only ‘deep green’ sources - mostly wind energy (much of it from wind-farms that Ecotricity has built in England and Scotland) but also solar power and hydro-electricity.
The company offers two tariffs:
- The Ecotricity New Energy tariff guarantees that for every ten units of electricity you use in your home, Ecotricity will feed one unit generated from renewable sources into the national grid. All the money raised through this tariff is spent on developing new wind turbines, making it one of the most effective ways to support the development of renewable energy.
- The Ecotricity Old Energy tariff is 100% renewable - in other words Ecotricity feeds in one unit of renewable energy for each unit that you consume. This makes it slightly more expensive.
If you opt for the New Energy tariff, Ecotricity promise to match the price of your regional electricity supplier. They’ll drop their prices if your regional supplier does, but aim not to raise prices along with them unless absolutely necessary.
If you decide to switch to Ecotricity, the company will also plant a tree for you in a forest near one of their wind farms in Gloucestershire.
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A greener future
Ecotricity plants a tree for each new customer in this Gloucestershire forest.
