In this sponsored post, Stuart Lloyd-Evans, director of risk and trading operations at Opus Energy, asks what Brexit means for the energy and FM market. Despite the summer lull in headlines, and even though the vote was several months ago, the shape of ‘Brexit’ remains the ‘known unknown’ in the future of our island. As if Read more…
Boiler run-times don’t measure up
Sponsored: Reduced boiler run-times on modulating and two-stage boiler plant do not necessarily equate to energy savings. The only accurate measures are a reduction in kWh or fuel consumption, says Tony Willis of Sabien Technology With many organisations having already implemented obvious energy-saving measures, additional so-called ‘quick fixes’ using retrofit technologies have considerable appeal. When Read more…
2016 energy management champions’ profile alerts stop energy waste
Sponsored: TELCA 2016 energy management champions STC Energy outlines how its profile alerts software is helping firms dramatically cut energy waste. As recent award nominees at the TELCA’s, STC Energy was successfully awarded Energy Management Champions of the Year 2016. We entered this award based on our profile alerts service which monitors consumption from your HH Read more…
CHP system saves Newcastle United to the toon of 390 tonnes of carbon
Newcastle United keeper facilities manager Eddie Rutherford has pulled off a huge save: The football club’s use of a combined heat and power (CHP) system is cutting its carbon emissions by 390 tonnes a year. Via a 12-year energy performance contract with Ener-G, whose CHP business was recently acquired by Centrica, the system is paid Read more…
Green Investment bank invests £80m in new CHP energy from waste plant
The Green Investment Bank has committed £80m to finance a new 43MW combined heat and power (CHP) energy from waste plant in Kent. Other investors include Barclays, Banks of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Natixis and Investec. The plant, near Sittingbourne, will supply heat to DS Smith’s Kemsley Paper Mill – reducing its reliance on gas-fired steam – Read more…
Total launches ‘100% green gas’ for SMEs
Business energy supplier Total has launched a new green gas product for SMEs. A spokesman said the gas comes from anaerobic digestion sources and that Total will back 100% of the customers’ consumption volume with green gas certificates from the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS). “Some other suppliers are doing ‘partial green’ where they back a percentage of Read more…
Solar power private wire agreements: A way to fix power costs for 20 years
If I said to a CFO, “I will fix your transport costs or employment costs for the next 20 years”, they’d rip my arm off. So why not power, asks Nick Boyle, CEO Lightsource Renewable Energy, in this sponsored post. Given the choice, any sensible business will put into place appropriate measures to hedge against Read more…
How to get board approval for energy projects
In this sponsored post, Ignite Energy says its new course module will help energy managers to increase the chances of projects not only get in front of the board, but actually approved. How often does this happen to you? As a pro-active energy manager you have spoken with myriad potential suppliers, costed out energy reduction Read more…
Ofgem announces extension of mandatory move to half-hourly settlement for all consumers
A monumental project that’s been facing the business energy world over the last few months is the switch to half-hourly settlement (HHS) for almost all customers. Now, the remaining customers – including smaller businesses and domestic consumers – are being told they will need to come on board as well. Opus Energy outlines what that Read more…
Free conference: The Energy Market Today & Beyond Brexit
Sponsored: Alfa Energy has 20 free seats at its annual energy conference for delegates from industrial and commercial companies. Held at the Royal Society in London on 5 October, the conference will debate the looming energy issues and those coming down the track. Hosted by Alfa Energy Group chairman John Hall, speakers include senior executives from Read more…
Risk and reward: Why you should attend our demand-side response conference
The next couple of years could be a bumpy ride for businesses. Those that can access the flexibility in their assets and operations can insulate themselves from volatility and rising costs. Non-energy parts of your electricity bill will increase sharply over the next few years. Levies to support renewable generation, combined with levies to balance that Read more…
REstore obtains ISO 27001 for Information Security
Demand response aggregator REstore has obtained a global ISO 27001 certificate for Information Security. In this sponsored post, the firm says ISO27001 accreditation highlights its position as an international market leader in high-tech, secure demand response technology, and assures Transmission System Operators (TSOs) and industrial and commercial companies that their information assets are managed in accordance with the strictest international standards. Jan-Willem Read more…
The big data behind your energy bill
Big data is one of the hot buzzwords of the moment and the energy industry is no exception, especially when it comes to providing electricity and gas to large corporate customers, says Opus Energy in this sponsored post. Between buying energy for thousands of customers to tracking reads from hundreds of thousands of meters, there Read more…
M&V: Results have to be meaningful or evaluation is useless
Verifying the success of an energy-saving project requires a holistic approach that takes account of all variables, says Sabien’s Tony Willis in this sponsored post. Many organisations that invest in energy efficiency initiative will want to quantify the savings that have been achieved. There are many possible reasons for this, including evaluation of a particular Read more…
Opus Energy targets large corporates with gas product
Opus Energy has launched a new corporate gas product. The company has been supplying gas in the SME sector since 2009 and is now extending its expertise in the area to large businesses. The supplier explains the launch in this sponsored article. “We decided to expand our offering following conversations with a number of our brokers and Read more…
SMEs and local authorities urged to use demand-side response energy saving app
Smart energy service provider Voltaware has developed an app that it believes can bring demand-side response (DSR) benefits to small business and local authority users. In this sponsored post, the firm says its sub metering technology and app provides individual businesses, communities and householders with real-time alerting to DSR events to enable them to take Read more…
Successful sub-metering requires the power of three
Metering is an essential part of building management systems and allows energy managers to understand how much energy a building is using. However, making sense of the data is often difficult with an increasing need to provide greater detail to where the energy is actually being used. Havells Tri-Load and Tri-Load renewable are designed to Read more…
REstore aims to go beyond large industrials in demand-response drive
Aggregator REstore is broadening its market focus from large industrial demand response to also target the broader industrial and commercial market. The firm has hired former steel and power industry stalwart Bob Stonehouse to help drive business development. Stonehouse was formerly procurement director at Sahaviriya Steel Industries following senior power generation roles at Sembcorp and Read more…
Which technologies have the greatest potential to transform the energy sector?
The Energy and Climate Change Committee has launched an inquiry examining which technologies have the potential to disrupt the energy sector. To start gathering initial ideas, it seeks answers to a single question: “Which innovations have the greatest potential to revolutionise energy markets, and why?” The Committee asks for no more then three technologies or ideas Read more…
Hot technology: Energy storage via heat battery
A new technology means that it is now possible to store renewable energy for long periods of time. The Sorrel Heat Battery from Sorrel Technology replicates the way the earth’s core stores heat, to store large amounts of energy for anything from a few days to a few months. The Sorrel Heat Battery’s metal core Read more…