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E.On UK\u2019s chief executive Chris Norbury said it was \u2018more important than ever\u2019 to have money-saving energy products (E.On UK\/PA) <\/p>\nWar in the Middle East is prompting Britons to turn away from fossil fuel-driven power, as E.On revealed a spike in solar panel sales over recent weeks.<\/p>\n
The electricity supplier said solar sales were up by 62% this month, compared with the previous month, while website visits to the solar page soared by a similar amount over the first week of March.<\/p>\n
E.On UK\u2019s chief executive Chris Norbury told the Press Association: \u201cThere\u2019s probably never been a more important time to bring products to market that have the potential to make a significant difference to residential customers\u2019 energy bills.<\/p>\n
E.On UK\u2019s chief executive Chris Norbury said it was \u2018more important than ever\u2019 to have money-saving energy products (E.On UK\/PA) <\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, what all of our customers tell us very clearly is they want solutions that help bring energy prices down for them not just temporarily, but sustainably and on an enduring basis.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes as E.On, which is one of the UK\u2019s biggest electricity suppliers, announced the launch of a new service that uses automation to reduce bills for homes with solar panels and batteries.<\/p>\n
The tool, named Next Optimise, connects to wholesale prices and uses automation to charge batteries when wholesale prices are low, and use or export stored energy when prices rise.<\/p>\n
The technology has been used in 80,000 Australian homes, where sunnier weather has helped it get ahead of the uptake of solar power relative to other countries, including the UK.<\/p>\n
Dan Adams, the chief executive of Amber Electric, which has partnered with E.On to provide the technology, said he thinks the shift has made Australia \u201cless exposed to some of these big shocks because of that increased uptake\u201d of solar.<\/p>\n
E.On\u2019s Mr Norbury said: \u201cAs a country, we are in a better position than we were in 2022, but there\u2019s still a hell of a lot more work to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the opportunity to do that work quickly, to continue the decarbonisation of our energy system, which is ultimately what will insulate us from fossil fuel-driven events such as this.\u201d<\/p>\n
Electrifying home energy, such as battery and solar, needs to be done quickly and will benefit households who are more vulnerable to price volatility, he argued.<\/p>\n
It comes as the prices of crude oil and natural gas have rocketed in recent weeks in response to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and damage to energy infrastructure in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Martin McCluskey, minister for energy consumers,\u00a0said: \u201cEvents in the Middle East remind us that our mission for clean, homegrown power is essential for our energy security.<\/p>\n
\u201cSolar power will play a crucial part in that mission, and it\u2019s clear that the British people are recognising that, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why we\u2019re also making it possible for consumers to buy plug-in solar in shops within months \u2013 helping people to save money on their bills and protecting them from volatile fossil fuel markets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"War in the Middle East is prompting Britons to turn away from fossil fuel-driven power, as E.On revealed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21068],"tags":[24342,21104,21103,22366,27867,2933,27868],"class_list":["post-27958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-e-on","tag-chris-norbury","tag-e-on","tag-e-on-se","tag-e-on-uk","tag-solar-panel","tag-solar-power","tag-solar-sales"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}