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Fracking is a controversial topic.
For some, it is a great new source of cheap energy; for others, a threat to the environment. Many UK domestic consumers want to avoid using energy generated from fracking. THINKING ABOUT SWITCHING YOUR ENERGY SUPPLIER? Compare prices here. 
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If that includes you, have a read through this guide.
We’ll explain which energy companies use fracked energy and which do not. Once you know who fracks and who doesn’t, you can look into changing your suppliers using our online comparison tool. Energy companies that do not frack Bulb Bulb’s position on fracking is as clear as day. To quote its website, “we're firmly opposed to fracking.” The company doesn’t think fracking is worth it, adding: “at best, it’s a red herring, at worst an environmental and public health disaster." Read more Octopus Energy Octopus Energy is big on renewables: the solar farms it has funded generate 40% of all the UK’s large scale solar energy. Needless to say, it's not particularly keen on fracking. Read more Ecotricity Ecotricity hopes to provide members of the British public that aren’t too hot on fracking with an alternative. “We’re giving people the chance to be conscientious objectors on this issue,” Ecotricity founder Dale Vince has said. Read more Good Energy If you’re into the environment, you’ll feel good about Good Energy. Its fuel mix is 100% renewable electricity and green gas. So that rules out any energy derived from fracking. Read more |
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Over the past six years, OVO Energy has built up a customer base of aroumd half a million. Any greens among that 500,000 or so will be pleased to know that the company does not buy any of its energy from fracking or shale gas producers. Read more Energy companies that do frack British Gas The UK’s largest energy provider has committed to fracking in a big way. Centrica, British Gas’s parent company, has invested heavily in the technology. Back in 2013 it signed an agreement with Cuadrilla Resources to acquire a quarter of the firm's exploration licence in Lancashire. Read more E.ON The German energy company has been involved with fracking projects for a number of years now. It hasn’t necessarily filtered down in price though. Read more |
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Scottish Power
The tartan-clad supplier has no bones with fracking. Although later to the party than other energy suppliers, Scottish Power began explorations for shale gas back in 2014. Read more SSE SSE was one of the first of the UK’s energy companies to get in on the fracking game. And they have never, as far as we know, looked back. Read more EDF As the UK’s natural gas reserves in the North Sea dwindle, EDF views shale, or “unconventional gas”, as it calls it on its website, as a possible way to help meet Britain’s future energy needs. Read more Npower Npower recognises the potential danger fracking can cause. However, according to their Director of Markets & Innovation, Wayne Mitchell, “if done properly, shale gas extraction can be safe.” Let’s hope the fracked energy Npower sells is included in that. Read more DON'T TRUST YOUR SUPPLIER? DON'T STICK WITH THEM |
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