Sustainable futures – energy savings through energy management
For many businesses looking to reduce energy costs, one answer is new equipment. After all, new shiny assets will always run more efficiently than...
Stark acquires WPD Smart Metering
Stark has acquired WPD Smart Metering, the move follows on from acquisitions to form Stark Technical Services in 2017, Stark Utility Funding in 2018 and...
Winding up the need for renewable energy with data driven support from Atlas Copco
In response to spiraling gas prices, the urgent need for increasing wind farm output in the UK has placed significant pressure on the renewable...
Watford Football Club hits the back of the net with its ambitious net zero...
Watford FC has committed to net zero and begun its transformational journey to do its part, Watford FC’s Head of Procurement and Sustainability, Tarang...
Clearworld partner with Centrica Business Solutions to support businesses on their Net Zero Journey
Clearworld provide a fully integrated approach to implementing energy efficiency solutions, supporting organisations reduce the impact of rising charges to help realise the operational, environmental,...
Chancellor nixes VAT on home solar, heat pumps, turbines & energy efficiency, exempts commercial...
Rishi Sunak’s spring financial statement this lunchtime saw the Chancellor scrapping VAT on home solar, heat pumps and energy efficiency materials for five years,...
“Zero-rate insulation retro-fits, Chancellor”; industry body implores Sunak
The Treasury’s continued penalising of British homeowners seeking to insulate their homes, reputedly among Europe’s leakiest, comes under fire again today from a trade...
Smart meter data in the palm of your hand – Hugo Energy App Review
The Hugo energy app put the insights from a smart meter into the palm of your hand. Moreover, it provides graphical data of electricity...
Europe’s leakiest homes: new study shames Britain, fails to plug gaps
New research has confirmed the oft-repeated belief that the UK’s is among Europe’s coldest, oldest, and leakiest housing stock.
On a day signalling how nearly...
Insulation tax break needed before homes are sold, say 40 energy & building leaders
Chancellor Rishi Sunak should offer tax incentives to home owners, spurring them to increase insulation in their homes before the properties are put up...
London Mayor to offer grants up to £20k to insulate 3,200 fuel-poor homes
London Mayor Sadiq Khan is assembling a £51 million pot aimed at insulating the capital’s fuel-poor and leaky homes. Grants of up to £20,000...
Energy co-ops slam Johnson’s Net Zero Strategy
Leaders of England's 300-plus power co-operatives have slammed the Johnson administration's Net Zero Strategy. They say it shuns the work of thousands of hard-working...
Heat & Buildings Strategy: Johnson disappoints again
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s long awaited Heat & Buildings Strategy was this afternoon greeted with similar disappointment from energy campaigners and industry as the...
Starmer: £ 28 billion every year to decarb Britain, plus a Clean Air...
Britain’s biggest opposition party has pledged to spend up to £ 28 billion every year this decade to strip carbon out of the UK’s...
National Lottery, plus lad-o-parts Glasgow, pony up money – and skills – for energy
Increasing cash support for community climate projects, including energy generation and saving, plus for training Scotland’s next generation of energy technicians, has emerged from...
Smart meters beat Covid to double in deployment
A total of 6.7 million smart meters were connected during the year to April, doubling the UK’s installed parc, according to new figures from...
Smart meters trial ‘helps homes slash average 49% from bills’, says optimisation supplier
A two-year, small-scale smart meter trial backed by Beis points to potential for solar- and battery-equipped homes to slash their bills almost in half,...
Vodafone’s 5G pilot to deliver flex signals across UKPN’s substations
An Ofgem-funded pilot now in development by mobile telco Vodafone and UK Power Networks aims to explore 5G telecommunications technology as a platform for...
Acute hospital Trust’s lighting optimisation will save around £400k per annum and deliver a...
As part of the £4 million energy performance contract with United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT), Veolia has now upgraded lighting at Lincoln County...
Equity fund Aquila wants its ‘negawatt’ fledgling to fly like an eagle on £150...
Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust seeks up to £150 million from investors, and targets net shareholder returns of up to 9.5% in ‘the medium term’.
The...