British Gas is to launch a new green energy division, targeting a market it values in billions of pounds.
British Gas New Energy will offer rooftop solar heating panels and give customers the chance to offset their CO2 emissions through schemes that buy credits from other firms or countries whose own emissions are well within targets.
Parent company Centrica pledged to cut energy use in its own UK buildings by 10% this year and is working on developing a fuel cell domestic boiler that could halve household CO2 emissions.
