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Ed Miliband argues the UK should race towards becoming a ‘clean energy superpower’, but costs to the consumer shouldn’t be ignored

As the clocks go back, our experts answer queries about gas and electricity use, be it for drying clothes, doing the washing up or sorting the heating

Trying to get some redress from green energy installers when things go wrong is a long, hard slog

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly

Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez

We’d like to hear your questions about domestic gas and electricity use – and we’ll put them to our experts

Adam Halawi says the high quotes he got to install a heat pump made it much more expensive than a boiler, despite a higher government grant

Industry divided over whether plan to vary electricity cost depending on location could make bills cheaper for all

After 250,000 installations across the UK, we look at the devices central to Labour’s vision of a ‘home upgrade revolution’

Labour has yet to confirm its plans for home heating or insulation as reliance on expensive gas forces bills up

Householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use

Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere

At formal launch of state-run GB Energy, PM sets out plan to build enough offshore wind facilities to power 20m homes

Previously the idea was to sell electricity back to the grid, now the object is to power all of a household’s needs

Newer models are quieter than older ones, and barking dogs are a far bigger cause of complaints