Mitie aims to double energy productivity
Mitie has committed to double energy productivity over the next 25 years and has joined the EP100 initiative, run by The Climate Group.
The FM...
Legal & General buys into heat pump firm Kensa
Legal & General Capital has acquired a 36 per cent stake in heat pump firm Kensa as it amasses a portfolio of companies aiming...
Ofgem delays Triad cull
Ofgem has delayed killing off Triad avoidance until 2022.
The regulator had intended a new charging methodology to come into force in 2021, but National...
Wilson Power transformers win IEMA Sustainability Award
The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) launched Sustainability Impact Awards this year to recognise businesses and individuals whose impact on the transformation...
Education represents “huge opportunity” for energy efficiency as a service
Energy efficiency as a service appears to be gaining a foothold within the eduction sector, according to figures from a UK and Ireland provider.
In...
Businesses need to prepare for time of use tariff changes
Changes to time of use tariffs for electricity network charges will kick in from April 2021. Chris Hurcombe, CEO of third party intermediary Catalyst...
EDF acquires engineering and FM firm Imtech in energy services push
EDF Energy Services, the French power giant's joint venture with energy services firm Dalkia, is to acquire engineering services company Imtech in a push for growth.
Announcing...
Viridor signs 27MW private wire agreement, eyes more energy parks
Pennon-owned Viridor has signed a 27MW private wire agreement with a data centre for offtake of power from its Beddington energy from waste plant.
Posting...
TCR: Triads and tribulations for large energy users
Ofgem's final decision on reforms to network charging arrangements will have a big impact on business electricity bills from next year. Chris Hurcombe, director...
Coronavirus and the power system: Keep calm and put the kettle on
Energy companies have moved to reassure the public that our power system can cope with any impact from the coronavirus.
Fears were raised earlier this...
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants
Recovering utilities costs from commercial tenants: are service charges a simple accounting exercise or complete minefield, asks TEBS director Martin Jaehme in this sponsored...
A third more commercial buildings ‘could be unlettable’ than thought under new energy efficiency...
A third of commercial buildings thought to meet minimum energy efficiency requirements so that landlords may continue to let them may actually fall foul of incoming legislation, modelling of...
Stark beefs up gas capability with Squire buy
Energy metering and data firm Stark has acquired metering and independent gas transporter Squire.
Managing director, Joel Stark, said it enables the company to provide...
Nearly half of England’s councils ‘don’t know carbon footprint’
Almost half of England’s councils cannot put a number to their own carbon emissions, an engineering trade body has discovered.
Quizzed by the Electrical Contractors’...
Sainsbury’s sets aside £1bn for net zero
Sainsbury's has committed to decarbonise its operations by 2040 and has set aside £1bn to fund its transition. It will also put pressure on...
SMS sells part of metering book to Equitix for £291m
Smart Metering Systems has sold a chunk of its meters to Equitix for £291m. SMS said the disposal represents a minority of its assets...
Eight firms get funding to crack SME energy efficiency
Eight firms bidding to unlock greater investment and engagement in energy efficiency within small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have secured further government funding.
SMEs account...
Utilitywise: Edd:e is ready to tackle the world
Utilitywise has been granted a European patent for its measurement and verification tool Edd:e. The firm already has a US patent for the system...
UK firms say finance remains key barrier to energy efficiency
Finance remains the biggest perceived barrier to energy efficiency investment amongst small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector, according to a survey of...
National Grid confirms Triad dates
UPDATE: This story is from 2017. If you want this winter 2018 Triad dates, click here.
National Grid has confirmed the three winter evening peak...